Travel Nurse RN - PCU / Stepdown - $1,764 to $1,960 per week in North Carolina

Registered Nurse (RN) | PCU / Stepdown
Location: North Carolina
Agency: All Medical Personnel
Pay: $1,764 to $1,960 per week
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

Job Title

Registered Nurse – IMC/PCU/Stepdown (Cardiac Progressive Care)

Location

Burlington, NC | Progressive Care Unit (PCU)

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Nights | 3x12-Hour Shifts | 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM | Weekend rotation required; holidays as needed

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care to cardiac progressive care patients with a primary focus on Congestive Heart Failure, Acute Coronary Syndrome, arrhythmias, pre/post cardiac catheterization, rule-out myocardial infarction, syncope, and pacemaker placement
• Manage and titrate cardiac and vasoactive drips; administer procedural sedation; monitor patients via telemetry with remote support from the Centralized Cardiac Monitoring Department
• Perform and manage peripheral line care, PICC line management, chest tubes (Emerson/Pleur-evac), external CPAP/BiPAP, and tracheostomy care
• Interpret and manage dysrhythmias; utilize Rapid Response Teams as appropriate
• Provide secondary care for respiratory patients including COPD, pneumonia, and BiPAP-dependent patients; maintain expected nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:4 for patients on drips/BiPAP, otherwise 1:5
• Complete scheduling through a self-assisted scheduling system (Optilink) within a 6-week scheduling period, based on departmental need, patient work intensity, skill mix, and previous assignments

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license — must be in hand at time of submission
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience required; Cardiac PCU experience required
• Comfort with 1:5 patient ratios (1:4 for drips/BiPAP patients)
• BLS and ACLS certifications required
• EPIC EMR experience required
• Must pass a compliance EKG exam (2 attempts allowed)
• Third-party education verification required; degrees from schools on the Florida Diploma Fraud Audit list will not be accepted
• No open background check cases permitted; current driver's license required to verify address
• Must live more than 50 miles from the facility to be eligible

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Previous Charge RN experience preferred
• NIH Stroke Scale certification preferred
• Experience utilizing Rapid Response Teams
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply

Why Join Us

• Work in a 30-bed private-room Cardiac Medical Progressive Care unit supported by Nurse Assistants 24/7 and an RN secretary from 7:00 AM–11:00 PM
• Gain experience in a well-structured cardiac specialty environment with remote cardiac monitoring support and a collaborative care team

Benefits

• Day 1 health benefits (medical/dental/vision)
• Weekly pay
• Direct deposit
• $1,500 referral bonus program

About Us

All Medical Personnel is a leading national temporary employment agency for healthcare workforce solutions in the United States. Established in 1990, our staffing business lines place locum tenens, travel nursing, allied health, and clinical laboratory professionals on temporary and temp to hire assignments from coast to coast. Explore our current opportunities and sign up for job alerts:

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