PCU Registered Nurse (RN) Night Shift | Shreveport, LA
Make an impact as a PCU Registered Nurse on a 12-hour night schedule with a $52.26 hourly pay rate and weekly direct deposit. This 13-week assignment supports a 24-bed progressive care unit at a leading facility in Shreveport, Louisiana, with a start date of 10/19/2026 and comprehensive benefits through VHS.
Quick Facts
- Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
- Start Date: 10/19/2026
- End Date/Duration: 01/16/2027; approximately 13 weeks
- Shift: 12-hour nights; no call
- Hours/Week: 34 shifts per week, averaging 42 hours
- Employment Type: Travel contract assignment
- License/Certs: Registered Nurse license; BLS, ACLS, and NIH certification
- Experience: 2 years of acute care RN experience; first-time travelers considered with 2 years of permanent staff acute care RN experience
Pay & Benefits
- Hourly Pay Rate: $52.26
- Competitive pay packages
- Weekly pay via direct deposit
- Comprehensive medical benefits for W-2 employees
- Robust referral bonus program
- 24/7 dedicated support throughout your assignment
- Paid sick time in accordance with applicable laws
- Licensure, certification, travel, and other reimbursements when applicable
What Youll Do
- Provide nursing care to progressive care and stepdown patients in a 24-bed unit.
- Care for patients with conditions including AFIB/RVR, DKA, hypertension, COPD, acute respiratory failure, and post-cardiac catheterization needs.
- Support stroke overflow patients, including CVA/TIA cases requiring timely treatment, and patients recovering from spinal surgery.
- Monitor and manage titratable infusions such as Cardene, Cardizem, insulin, heparin, Neo, and Levophed.
- Perform assessments, administer medications, monitor telemetry, and communicate changes in patient condition.
- Manage chest tubes, tracheostomies, and other complex patient-care needs as applicable.
- Float to stroke and medical-surgical units when needed.
What You Need
Required- Registered Nurse license.
- BLS, ACLS, and NIH certification.
- Two years of acute care RN experience.
- Experience with progressive care or comparable acute care patients.
- Ability to work the assigned 12-hour night schedule, including every-other-weekend rotation and applicable holidays.
- Successful completion of an EKG competency assessment before arrival.
Preferred- Experience with titratable infusions.
- Experience with chest tube management, tracheostomies, peritoneal dialysis, i-STAT testing, or CSF/lumbar drains.
- Meditech Expanse EMR experience.
About the Assignment
Join a supportive progressive care environment with in-house phlebotomy, respiratory therapy, hospitalist coverage, therapy services, centralized telemetry monitoring, and IV support during designated hours. Unit orientation includes hospital orientation and two 12-hour shifts on the unit. Apply today to be considered for this night-shift PCU opportunity.
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