Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

American Traveler

Olathe, Kansas, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-11-08

$2,397.00/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Progressive Care Unit RN for a night shift contract requiring recent critical care or ED experience and a KS or Compact RN license.

Details

• Progressive Care Unit setting within a hospital
• 12-hour night shifts from 19:00-07:30, three shifts per week
• Patient ratios of 3:1 or 4:1
• Uses BiPAP, chest tubes, and PICC lines, with nurses drawing their own labs
• Functions without a dedicated vascular access team, managing own consults and codes
• Open-heart Day 2 or Day 3 experience with pacer wires preferred
• Required to float to ICU and all inpatient units including Med/Surg, Med/Tele, Acute/Tele, and ED based on experience
• Every other weekend required
• No on-call requirements
• EMR system is Epic

Requirements

• Active KS RN or Compact RN license
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIH Stroke Scale certifications
• Minimum 2 years of recent Critical Care, ICU, or Emergency Department experience
• Strong critical thinking skills required
• Experience with BiPAP, chest tubes, PICC lines, and self-performed lab draws
• Comfortable managing patients without a vascular access team and independently calling consults and conducting codes
• Prior open-heart and pacer wire experience preferred
• Epic EMR experience preferred

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care in a progressive care setting with acute cardiac and critical care needs
• Willingness to work some holidays based on unit needs
• Facility is a nicotine-free workplace
• Orientation includes time at the KUKC campus and Olathe campus, Director of Nursing training, and virtual Epic training
• Accepts local and travel candidates at the same bill rate

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12