Travel PCU Registered Nurse - $2,471 per week

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions HCA is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Asheville, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 06/29/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

General Information

Tell us about the unit(s): Primary patient population is CV surgery and vascular surgery to include open heart surgery (CABG, AVR, MVR, Bentall, TAVR, etc), thoracic lung surgery (lobectomy, thoracotomy, etc.), esophagogastrectomy, AAA (open and endovascular), fem-pop bypass, carotid endarterectomies. We also receive overflow medical cardiology patients with diagnoses of heart failure, DKA, chest pain, sepsis, heart block, etc.

· Number of Beds – 40 cardiac surgery stepdown beds

· Number of Staff – approximately 100 total

· Type of staff:

o Day Shift – 1 charge RN (routinely out of staffing), 13 RN’s, 4 PCT’s, 1.33 HUC 

o Night Shift – 1 charge RN (routinely out of staffing), 13 RN’s, 4 PCT’s, 0.33 HUC

· Patient Ratios – 1:5 patients per RN, 1:13 for PCT’s

· Type of equipment – Baxter IV pumps, CADD epidural pumps, various lifts

· EMR - Cerner

Typical hiring profile

Skill Set Most recruited for: 

Must have : candidates without these skills will not be considered for the role.

· Stepdown experience

· Telemetry experience

Preferred or nice to have : candidates with these skills will be considered first.

· Prior CV surgery and vascular surgery population experience (open heart, TAVR, lobectomy, AAA repair, and fem-pop bypass) within a year

· CVICU experience

List typical procedures performed on unit(s): 

· Epidural management

· Chest tube management

· Tube feedings

· IV gluccomander

· Cardiac gtt management (phenylephrine, dobutamine, dopamine, milrinone, cardizem, amiodarone, insulin, heparin, nitroglycerin, ketamine)

Best personality Fit:

· Team player

· Enjoys fast paced environment

· Flexible

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:

· ACLS and BLS

Floating Area(s):

· Any SD (1:5 ratios) or MS (1:6-7 ratios) unit, ER inpatient holding area (1:6).

Dress Code :

· Scrub Color/Attire – All navy, white tops/navy bottoms, or all white.

About HealthTrust Workforce Solutions HCA

At HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, healthcare is not just about the four walls of a facility but about the people who provide and receive care. Our focus is on empowering healthcare professionals to deliver exceptional patient experiences by providing them with the necessary skills, tools, and support. We partner with healthcare facilities nationwide to ensure that the right professionals are in the right roles. We prioritize our clinicians by giving them a voice and access to opportunities to fulfill their mission of improving lives by providing quality patient care.

We are committed to our core values of Trust, Innovation, Adaptability, Courage, and Accountability. We are dedicated to positively impacting the healthcare industry by providing first-priority access to more than 200,000 jobs nationwide to our healthcare professionals. Join us and be part of the HealthTrust family, where you can make a difference every day.

We embrace our changing environment, and we maintain a culture that has a rich tradition of transforming itself to meet the challenges of the future.

MISSION STATEMENT

While putting great people in the right roles is essential, our mission is far greater. We want our clinicians to be part of the HealthTrust family, where healthcare professionals have a voice and are empowered with the right tools and opportunities to fulfill their personal mission of improving lives. Plus, as a preferred partner to thousands of top-performing hospitals, we provide our healthcare professionals with first-priority access to more than 200,000 jobs nationwide.

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Benefits

• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Referral bonus
• Continuing Education
• Life insurance