Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

American Traveler

Melbourne, Florida, United States

Position ID: P-771944

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 5

Start date: 2026-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

$1,894.84/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) position requiring FL or compact RN license, 1+ years of telemetry experience, and Epic charting proficiency.

Details

• PCU unit within a hospital setting providing telemetry, stepdown, and progressive care
• Patient ratio of 1:5
• Night shift, 3x12-hour shifts from 19:00-7:00
• Weekend requirement of every other weekend or 6 weekend shifts per 6-week period
• Floating required to other units or facility locations including Cape Canaveral, Holmes Regional, Palm Bay, or Viera
• No on-call requirement
• Epic EMR experience required

Requirements

• Active FL or compact RN license required at time of consideration (no pending licenses accepted)
• Current certifications: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS
• Minimum 1 year of recent RN experience required
• Prior travel nursing experience required
• Experience with telemetry monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and rapid response/code team activation
• Skills in IV therapy, central/PICC/peripheral line care, and blood product administration preferred
• Experience with respiratory care including BiPAP/CPAP, tracheostomy care, and ABG interpretation preferred
• Two professional references from a Manager, Supervisor, Charge Nurse, or Director within the past year required for consideration
• Flu vaccine required between 10/31-3/31, with medical or religious exemptions only

Additional Information

• Provide telemetry and progressive care nursing to a cardiac, neurological, and medical-surgical patient population
• Travelers will have a home base unit but should expect to float as needed
• Scrubs may be any color but tops and bottoms must match, with no logos or prints
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate as travelers with no mile radius restriction
• Former employees or contracted staff must wait at least one year after separation before returning as a traveler
• Travel pairs permitted with unit leader approval, though matching schedules are not guaranteed
• First-time travelers are not accepted for this position

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12