Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

American Traveler

Melbourne, Florida, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 2

$1,806.29/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Registered Nurse for a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) night shift position requiring active FL or compact RN license and EPIC experience.

Details

Progressive Care Unit (PCU) setting including Cardiac Telemetry, MS/Tele, Neuro Stepdown, and PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown

Night shift, 3x12-hour shifts from 19:00-07:00

Patient ratio of 1:5

Weekend requirement of every other weekend or 6 weekend shifts per 6-week period

Float requirement to home base unit or other units/locations within the health system

No on-call requirements

Contracted hours guaranteed

Block scheduling cannot be guaranteed

Requirements

Active FL or compact RN license required at time of consideration (no pending licenses accepted)

Minimum 2 years of RN experience required

Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS

EPIC charting system experience required

Previous charge nurse experience preferred

Teaching hospital, community hospital, and Trauma Level I/II experience preferred

Travel nursing experience required

Skills required include IV therapy/phlebotomy, central and peripheral line care, PICC line management, blood product administration, BiPAP/CPAP management, chest tube care, ABG interpretation, cardiac monitoring and dysrhythmia management, and wound care

Two supervisory references (Manager, Supervisor, Charge Nurse, or Director) dated within the past year required for consideration

Additional Information

Provide nursing care for cardiac, neurological, gastrointestinal, and renal patient populations in a progressive care setting

Responsibilities include cardiac drip management (no titration), insulin protocols, hemodialysis management, and use of rapid response/code teams

Flu vaccine required between 10/31-3/31 with medical or religious exemptions only

First-time travelers are not accepted for this position

Former Health First employees or contract staff must wait at least one year before returning as a traveler

Local candidates are accepted at the same travel rate with no radius restriction

Travel pairs permitted with unit leader approval, though matching schedules are not guaranteed

Scrubs may be any color but must have matching top and bottom colors with no logos or prints

RTO requests must be submitted at time of consideration and are reviewed during the interview process

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12