Local Contract Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $47-53 per hour

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions Regional is seeking a local contract nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a local contract nursing job in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 01/12/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Local Contract

Unit Specifics:

· Number of Beds: 29

· Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability) : Dayshift unit secretary and 2-3 PCTs depending on census. Nightshift has 2-3 PCTs depending on census. 

· Type of equipment: Welch Allyn dynamaps, Phillips telemetry, Phillips MP2, Pyxis, Alaris pumps, Hill-Rom beds, iMobile devices, MobiLab

· Documentation system: Meditech

· Scheduling requirements: 3 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule. Self-scheduling (within reason to allow balanced staffing). May request days off as needed prior to schedule closing. Schedule will be finalized 2 weeks in advance. Can accommodate block scheduling for night shift.

· Floating policy: Travel RNs float first. We rotate floating, and the oldest float date will float first. 

· Patient Experience requirements: We have a heavy cardiac patient population, and the CV surgery patients come to PCU when they leave our ICU. We perform Q6H head-to-toe assessments and chart each one fully. We do the usual PCU gtts – Dopamine, Dobutrex, Nitro, Heparin, Cardizem, Lidocaine, Milrinone, Amiodarone, Cardene, Labetolol, Insulin, and we also titrate Precedex. 

Hospital Specifics-

· Certifications: BLS and ACLS required. 

Requested Skill Set: Cardiac/telemetry experience, and PCU and/or critical care experience. The PCU delivers highly individualized care to medical, cardiac, and surgical complex patients requiring intermediate care such as: Sepsis, stroke, myocardial infarction, angina, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, tachycardia, heart blocks, post cardiac catheterization, AKI, CKD, diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis, CVA, acute and chronic respiratory failure, GI bleed, pneumonia, post-operative day one coronary artery bypass grafting, post-operative day one aortic valve surgery, post thoracic surgery, post neurosurgery, as well as other complex patients. Advanced skills needed: IV insertion, chest tube management, DHT insertion/management, tracheostomy experience, CVC management, EKG, Foley management, early patient mobility Procedures performed on unit: Foley placement, IV insertion, wound vac management, DKA management, EKGs, DHT/NG placement, patient ambulation, ADLs Certifications Required: BLS and ACLS