Location: Prescott, AZ

Start Date: 02-10-2026

End Date: 05-12-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Rotating 12-hour night shifts, 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM (NOC). Schedule set 4 weeks in advance with required weekend coverage (typical rotation includes approximately 2-4 weekend nights per pay period). Night shift staff are first to float and may cover PCU/MST/EC ICU as needed.

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $63 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.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide high-acuity critical care nursing for CVICU/ICU/PCU patients, delivering compassionate, evidence-based care
• Monitor and interpret telemetry and EKG rhythms, acting quickly on dysrhythmias and emergent changes
• Manage and titrate vasoactive drips and sedation per unit protocols
• Perform ventilator management tasks including troubleshooting and weaning support
• Care for patients with advanced lines and devices (arterial lines, Swan-Ganz, chest tubes, EVD)
• Support perioperative and post-open-heart surgical patients, including hemodynamic monitoring and device management
• Collaborate with intensivists, NPs, RTs and interdisciplinary team members to optimize patient outcomes
• Participate in rapid response and code blue teams as needed and serve as charge/support resource when staffing requires

Qualifications

• Active RN licensure (able to submit for assignment) — Arizona licensure expected
• Minimum 2 years of critical care/ICU nursing experience
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications (required)
• Strong EKG/dysrhythmia interpretation skills (must pass unit dysrhythmia exam within two attempts prior to contract)
• Experience with ventilator weaning and troubleshooting
• Comfort titrating critical care drips (pressors, sedatives, paralytics, antiarrhythmics, anticoagulants)
• Experience or proficiency with advanced devices a plus (IABP, Impella, VAD, TAVR) and CRRT/Prismaflex preferred
• Ability to float across units and work weekends and some holidays per unit requirements

Education

• Active RN license required
• BSN not required

Knowledge & Skills

• Critical care fundamentals (CVICU and medical-surgical ICU crossover)
• EKG rhythm interpretation and telemetry monitoring (Nihon Kohden familiarity helpful)
• ABG interpretation and arterial line management
• Ventilator management, HFNC, BiPAP/CPAP and Vapotherm familiarity
• Skill with chest tubes, EVD, Swan-Ganz catheter care and troubleshooting
• Experience with CRRT/Prismaflex and hemodynamic support devices (IABP, Impella)
• Familiarity with Cerner charting and electronic documentation
• Manual proning techniques and care for COVID/ARDS patients

Benefits

• Supportive team environment that values your skills and growth
• Professional development and licensure assistance
• Comprehensive onboarding with unit-specific preceptorship
• Flexible scheduling options and the ability to trade shifts
• Generous time off policies to help you recharge
• Access to employee wellness and support resources
• Opportunities to work with advanced cardiac and critical care technologies
• A workplace that prioritizes patient safety and clinical autonomy

Travel Perks: Explore Prescott, AZ

Prescott is a charming mountain town with tons to explore on your days off. Hike the Granite Dells or Thumb Butte for sweeping desert-rock vistas, paddle or picnic at Watson Lake, and wander historic Courthouse Plaza and Whiskey Row for shops, local breweries and great eats. Outdoor enthusiasts will love nearby Prescott National Forest trails, mountain biking, and fishing; weekend road trips to Sedona or Flagstaff are easy for a change of scenery. The town’s arts scene, farmer’s markets and friendly downtown make it a relaxing place to recharge between shifts.

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