Job description
RN - PCU
Start Date: 11-16-2026
End Date: 01-11-2027
Contract Type: Contract
Hours per Week: 36
Candidate Pay Rate: $56.70 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 diagnosis / Types of patients: 4IC is generally post catherization patients. Manage sheaths and TR bands. TAVR experience preferred. Serves as the overflow for 3E so ability to care for chest tubes. Also, medical popluation requiring tele monitoring.
- Are RN's required to titrate drips?: Yes
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: All drips except pressors, paralytics, and TPA
- Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? Does the charge nurse take an assignment?: Yes - and most of the time they take an assignment
- Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit? Ratios? Duties?: Yes - 1:15ish for care techs
- RT Equipment (Vents, Cpap, Bi Pap, High Flow, etc.) Are RNs required to do anything with these besides trouble shoot?: Cpap, Bi Pap, and High flow on floor. Respiratory is in house and can assist. We do place patients on and off but RT sets the rates.
- Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RN's required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors?: We have centralized tele monitoring. However, RN's read strips once a shift, and if change in rhythms.
- Shifts & Scheduling: Self scheduling but subject to change to present a balanced schedule
- Weekend Requirements: 6 weekend shifts in a 6 week period
- Holiday Requirements: 2 summer and 3 winter
- Is there Call or a Standby requirement?: No
- Floating Requirements: Yes - may be pulled to the Floors
- Scrub Color/Dress Code/Scrubs Provided?: Galaxy Blue
- How many shifts of unit/department specific orientation?: 1-2 shifts
- Specialty: 4IC PCU - RN
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Ready to start your next adventure as a RN - 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.