Travel Intermediate Care Unit RN - $2,434 per week

IDR Healthcare; Wheeling (WV); On-site; USD 54,600 - 68,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

401k retirement plan

Referral bonus

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

License and certification reimbursement

Vision benefits

Job summary

A healthcare staffing firm is seeking an experienced Travel Nurse RN for the PCU in Wheeling, WV. The successful candidate will manage cardiac patients, requiring expertise in rhythm interpretation and drip titration. This role involves flexible 12-hour shifts with a guarantee of 36 hours per week. Benefits include weekly pay, medical and dental benefits, and a 401k plan. They must adhere to a strict attendance policy and submit their driver’s license at application.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have an active RN license and relevant stepdown/PCU experience.
• They should be comfortable titrating multiple cardiac drips and independently interpreting telemetry rhythms.
• A copy of an unexpired driver’s license is needed at submission.

Responsibilities

• Manage patients with chest pain, arrhythmias, and post-pacer patients.
• Care for cardiac cath patients and adjust cardiac drip levels as necessary.
• Ensure compliance with a strict attendance policy.

Skills

Strong cardiac rhythm interpretation

Telemetry interpretation

Titrating cardiac drips

Stepdown/PCU experience

Attendance compliance

Education

Active RN license

BLS (AHA)

ACLS

NIHSS certification

Tools

Allscripts EMR

Nihon Kohden telemetry systems

Job description

IDR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days, nights, rotating
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Overview

Seeking an experienced Stepdown/Intermediate Care RN for a 30-bed IMU within an acute care hospital setting.

This is a higher-acuity progressive care unit requiring strong cardiac rhythm interpretation and titratable drip experience. Candidates must be comfortable working both day and night rotations.

Unit Details

• 30 beds (14 private, 16 semi-private)
• Nurse-to-patient ratio goal: 1:4
  • Typically 1:5
  • Occasionally 1:6
• EMR: Allscripts
• Telemetry: Nihon Kohden monitors
  • Monitor techs present, but RNs must read and interpret their own strips
• RT, Pharmacy, IV Team, and Hospitalist available 24/7

Responsibilities

• Manage chest pain, r/o MI, CHF, arrhythmias, and post-pacer patients
• Care for pre/post cardiac cath patients (radial band management; no sheath pulling)
• Perform groin checks and manage intermediate acuity overflow
• Manage Tikosyn therapy patients
• Titrate cardiac drips including:
  • Amiodarone
  • Cardizem
  • Dopamine
  • Dobutamine
  • Labetalol
  • Nitro
  • Heparin
  • Occasional Lasix
• Float to Telemetry or MedSurg as needed (ratios up to 1:6–1:7 in MedSurg, not common)
• Maintain strict attendance standards

Requirements

• Active RN license
• BLS (AHA)
• ACLS
• NIHSS
• Strong Stepdown/PCU experience
• Must independently interpret telemetry rhythms
• Must be comfortable titrating multiple cardiac drips
• Must reside 50+ miles from facility
• Copy of unexpired driver’s license required at submission
• Licensing hits must be disclosed at submission
• No artificial nails permitted

Schedule & Expectations

• 12-hour rotating shifts (Days/Nights)
• 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM / 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
• Must be ready on unit by 6:45
• Weekend requirement:
  • 4 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule
  • Fri/Sat/Sun considered weekend
  • Day shift nurses must also work a minimum of 3 night shifts per 4-week schedule
• Holiday flexibility required
• 36 hours guaranteed weekly

Additional Details

• Charge nurses take a full assignment on both day and night shifts
• CNA support typically 2–3 aides (1:10–12 ratio)
• IV Team handles all IV starts
• Navy blue scrubs required (no hoodies)
• Strict attendance policy — 2 occurrences (tardy/call-off) may result in termination
• Cancellation: 2 shifts per 13-week contract

50-mile radius rule applies (no locals).
Strong cardiac Stepdown experience required — not appropriate for basic Telemetry-only background.
Driver’s license copy required at submission.

About IDR Healthcare

IDR Healthcare is an awarding winning staffing firm that believes it is a privilege and awesome responsibility to serve those who selflessly care for others. Our mission is to empower healthcare professionals to achieve their fullest potential both personally and professionally while they create positive change within the healthcare community.

We exercise true grit, tenacity, and authenticity while embracing and ownership mindset to go above and beyond providing healthcare professionals a world class experience.

We are employee owned and our travelers and clinicians earn shares/equity by just completing multiple assignments!

We have been named SIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firms and have won ClearlyRated® Best of Staffing for 11 consecutive years! This cements our commitment to clinician satisfaction earning top net promoter scores putting us in the top 2% of agencies in North America!

Help us give back! For every booked assignment, proceeds are donated to St. Jude and Feeding America! Last year we raised over $18,000 for St. Jude and provided over 49,000 meals for children in need.

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Benefits

• Weekly pay
• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• License and certification reimbursement
• Vision benefits