Travel Nurse RN - Cardiac Stepdown - $2,643 per week

Prime Time Healthcare Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN Cardiac Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Columbia, South Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Cardiac Stepdown
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/26/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Travel Cath Lab RN | MUSC | 4×10-Hour Days

Schedule: 40 hours per week, rotating between 7 a.m.–5:30 p.m. and 9:30 a.m.–8 p.m. Shift times are grouped for consistency rather than alternating daily. Staff stay until procedures are complete.

Unit Highlights

• Ratio: 1:1.
• Five procedure rooms; approximately 20 cases daily.
• Adult and geriatric patients.
• Peripheral and coronary diagnostic/interventional procedures.
• Equipment: Impella, balloon pump, AngioJet, and Shockwave.
• EMR: Epic.
• No floating between service lines or sister facilities.
• Hospital-issued scrubs and free parking with a parking pass.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience.
• Cath Lab and EP experience required.
• Community hospital experience.
• BLS and ACLS.
• Active South Carolina or compact RN license before starting.
• Skills in diagnostic/interventional catheterizations, cardiac stents, circulating, left/right heart catheterization, dysrhythmia management, procedural sedation, and Impella insertion.
• First-time travelers accepted.
• Radiation badge required; provided by the agency.

Call & Scheduling

• One weekday call shift each week.
• One call weekend per month covering Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
• Call requirements may change with staffing needs.
• Block scheduling considered with manager approval.
• All requested time off must be submitted with the initial profile; later requests are not accepted.
• Facility may cancel the equivalent of one shift every two weeks, including partial-shift cancellations.

Eligibility & Compliance

• 60-mile local radius: Non-local candidates prioritized; locals considered case by case at a reduced rate.
• Former MUSC permanent or PRN staff must have one year of separation.
• Pending SC licenses may be considered at submission with application proof; appropriate active licensure is required before starting.
• Flu vaccine required, with medical/religious exemptions accepted. COVID-19 vaccine not required.
• During June–November, travelers may be assigned to hurricane emergency response teams.

Recruiter Notes

• SSN required for submission; submit to one MUSC unit/campus at a time.
• Local bill rate is reduced by 10%; confirm the candidate’s pay package.
• Clinical-pass candidates may qualify for an auto-offer with up to seven days of non-holiday RTO. Confirm exactly seven days, as the notes also flag “7+ days” for facility approval. Holiday RTO requires approval.

About Prime Time Healthcare Nursing

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Health savings account
• Referral bonus
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits