Alto Healthcare Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Alliance, Nebraska.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 06/24/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
2nd floor, 25 private-bed unit - (23 beds of floor, 2 Medical Decision Unit beds)
Patient population: COPD with exacerbation, CHF, heavy emphasis on swing bed (average stay is 12 days) to keep patients local and care for patients with amputations, wound care, long term antibiotics, ect. There are some post partum and pediatric patients on this unit.
Ratio: 1:4, with 1:5 being a stretch. Charge Nurse available on every shift and does not take patients. Central telemetry monitoring, with two portable tele monitors. Social Services available on floor with 3 Case Managers. There are typically 1-2 Nurse Aides or Unit Clerk available. In-house Pharmacy until 11:00pm M-F, remote Pharmacist through UNMC overnight and weekends. Lab 24/7 and will handle blood draws. Excellent Therapy services with patients being seen several times a day.
Charting: Meditech Expanse; Pumps: Alaris
Specialty Profile Notes
Minimum of 2 years experience working in Medical Surgical / Telemetry unit. Previous experience working in Critical Access Hospital required.
BLS and ACLS (American Heart Association) required, PALS is preferred. May float to ED, but only function as "task" nurse.
Scrubs: Navy Blue
12 hour shifts: 6:30am-7:00pm and 6:30pm-7:00am. Manager adds travelers to the schedule after BBGH staff has completed self scheduling.
Orientation: Held every Wednesday, consisting of three days of classroom orientation and one shift with preceptor.
Alto Healthcare Staffing Job ID . Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About Alto Healthcare Staffing
Alto Staffing is a professional staffing, placement, and human resource firm that got its start in 2003. Our founder witnessed first-hand how much her colleagues cared for their patients and how little their staffers would care for them. Since then, we've dedicated ourselves to building an enterprise solution led by clinicians and experts focused on changing healthcare for the better. For the last 20 years, we've helped place thousands of clinicians for clients in assignments all over the country, ensuring each one received the support and solutions they needed to excel in their positions and succeed in their careers.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Referral bonus