Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

American Traveler

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Position ID: P-765897

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z

$2,790.04/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Progressive Care Unit RN with strong vasoactive drip titration experience for a night shift role requiring NC or compact RN licensure.

Details

PCU/ICU stepdown unit functioning more like an ICU, with strong drip management experience required

20-bed unit with an average daily census of 18 and target ratios of 1:3-4

Patient population includes post rapid response team patients, respiratory distress, unstable hemodynamics, withdrawal, GI bleeds, and post-op GYN, GU, GI, thoracotomy, neuro, and ortho surgeries

Pre/post OB patients with complications such as Pitocin administration also cared for on unit

Patients range from adolescent to geriatric age groups

Manages single pressor drips (Cardizem, Nitro, Precedex, Cardene, Levophed, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Neo); patients requiring more than one are transferred to ICU

Uses bedside telemetry monitors with remote backup, arterial lines, BIPAP, chest tubes, and tracheostomy care; no ventilators on unit

Charts in Epic and uses Pyxis for medication management

12-hour night shifts (18:45-7:15) on a 4x12 schedule

Every other weekend requirement

Floating required as needed to a sister ICCU unit

No block scheduling available; schedule created by nurse manager

Requirements

Active RN license (NC or Compact)

Current ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications

Minimum 2 years of relevant RN experience required

Required experience with arterial lines and titrating vasoactive and cardiac drips

Experience with PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown and telemetry units required

Must be able to interpret and manage dysrhythmias

Experience with IV insulin protocols, heparin protocols, blood product administration, and central/peripheral/PICC line care/management required

Experience managing chest tubes (Emerson/Pleur-evac), external CPAP/BIPAP, high flow nasal cannula, nasal cannula, and non-invasive airway management required

Tracheostomy management experience required

Experience with isolation precautions and use of rapid response teams required

IV start, telemetry monitoring, and conscious sedation experience required

Epic charting experience preferred

Must pass EKG testing prior to start for this specialty

Additional Information

Provide stepdown-level nursing care including dysrhythmia recognition and management, drip titration, and rapid response support

Navy, white, or combination navy/white scrubs required

Hospital orientation held during the first week; must be available for classes each day

First-time travelers are welcome to apply

Travel pairs are allowed if assigned to different units and disclosed at time of submission

Former PERM/PRN/EP employees of Novant Health or New Hanover must wait 12 months before reapplying as a traveler, with facility approval required

Local candidates within 50 miles accepted at a lower rate

Up to 7 days of RTO may be auto-approved if not falling on a holiday; no RTO permitted during the first week of assignment

Must work 2 of 3 major holidays

Current travel per diem clinicians must choose between per diem or travel contract status