Job description
Registered Nurse - ICU/PCU
Start Date: 11-02-2026
End Date: 02-01-2027
Contract Type: Travel Contract
Hours per Week: 36
Candidate Pay Rate: $60.20 per hour
About United Health Care Staffing
At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.
Education
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients Medical ICU: Sepsis, suicide attempt, drug or Alcohol
- withdrawal, COPD, respiratory arrest, pneumonia, COVID, DKA, blood
- Pressure or heart rate abnormal. Post op complications
- PCU: non-titratable infusions to maintain heart rate or blood
- Pressure.
- Experience or 'Must have' skills Will need at least 2 year of ICU experience. Will take one year
- of ICU and one year of PCU/ Med surg if they have worked in larger facilities. and have strong
- skills.
- Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Sedation, vasopressors, insulin
- Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: Charge RN manages 50 inpatient beds that include MST,
- PEDS, & our Acuity Adaptable MCU unit which admits ICU/PCU/MST
- Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: NAs take 10-15 patients. If no NA RN takes 3
- patients and Provides primary care to PCU & MST patients.
- RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, Bi Pap, etc): Yes, RT will support- Vents, Bipap, Cpap.
- Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? RNs read strips? Yes. We have Remote Monitor Techs
- for PCU & MST patients.
- RNs must take 12-lead EKG. ICU patients, RN monitors per
- Bedside Cardiac monitor. ICU must monitor ICU patients.
- Shifts & Scheduling: 12-hour shifts, 0700/1900 – 1930/0730
- Weekend Requirement every other weekend, Friday and Saturday for Nights, Saturday and
- Sunday for dayshift.
- Holiday Requirement: Holiday rotation to distribute holidays fairly
- Is there a call or standby requirement?: If low census, staff rotates standby turns
- Floating Requirements Float to our EC MST & Pediatric unit to care for adult MST, also
- Float to our West Campus in Prescott to care for ICU & PCU
- to maintain competency in caring for all types of ICU/PCU
- Patients. Would take full med surg team 1:5, Could go to peds to take adult assignment
- there. Can float to west ICU/ PCU - two hour notice before floating
- Scrub Color/Dress Code: Currently can wear any scrub color except camouflage
- Unit/Department specific orientation: Attend hospital orientation, unit orientation based on
- Specialty: ICU/PCU - 601130
Apply Now
Ready to start your next adventure as a Registered Nurse - ICU/PCU? Let's get you moving forward!
Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.
Why UHCS
Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.