PRIDE Health is seeking a travel nurse RN Cardiac PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Dayton, Ohio.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Cardiac PCU - Progressive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 48 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel RN – Cardiac Stepdown (PCU) | 4x12 Days | Up to 48 Hours Available
Take your cardiac nursing career to the next level! We're looking for an experienced Cardiac Stepdown (PCU) Travel RN to join a high-acuity Interventional Cardiology Advanced Care Unit. If you enjoy caring for complex cardiac patients and working alongside a collaborative team, this is an excellent opportunity.
Schedule
- Day Shift: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
- 4x12-hour shifts
- 36 or 48-hour contracts available
- Overtime paid after 48 hours on 48-hour contracts
Why You'll Love This Assignment
- Flexible 36- or 48-hour contract options
- Work in a specialized Interventional Cardiology Advanced Care Unit
- Collaborative team nursing model with RN, LPN, and PCT support
- Gain experience with advanced cardiac therapies and procedures
- Epic charting
- 24-hour orientation
Patient Population
Care for a diverse, high-acuity adult population, including:
- Post-cardiac catheterization patients
- Ablation, pacemaker, and ICD patients
- Heart failure
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Respiratory failure
- GI bleeds
- Sepsis
- Vascular surgery patients
- Liver disease
- Renal failure
- Substance withdrawal patients
Responsibilities
- Monitor cardiac telemetry and interpret dysrhythmias
- Manage cardiac and insulin drips
- Care for post-cardiac procedure patients
- Draw arterial blood gases (ABGs)
- Administer blood products and IV therapies
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to provide exceptional patient care
Requirements
- Active RN license (Compact or State License)
- BLS & ACLS required
- Minimum 2 years of RN experience
- Recent Cardiac Stepdown (PCU/IMC/DOU) experience required
- Cardiac experience required
- Epic experience required
- Ability to draw ABGs
- Must successfully complete a telemetry/EKG competency assessment before the start date
Important Qualifications
- Recent Stepdown/PCU experience is required (ICU experience alone does not qualify.)
- Your work history must clearly show experience caring for a 1:5 patient ratio in a Stepdown/PCU setting to be considered.
- Travel experience and Level I or II Trauma experience are preferred.
Pride Health Job ID #18760979. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 48.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN:PCU,07:00:00-19:30:00 Every other weekend and holiday required Floating within the health system may be required based on patient care needs Navy blue scrubs Flu vaccine required (medical/religious exemptions accepted) COVID-19 vaccine not required
About PRIDE Health
PRIDE Health is the minority-owned healthcare recruitment division of Pride Global—an integrated human capital solutions and advisory firm. With our robust and abundant travel nursing and allied health employment options across the U.S., PRIDE Health will allow you to help change the way the world lives and heals as it connects you with the industry’s leading healthcare organizations.
Pride Global offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- 401k retirement plan
- Cancelation protection
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits