Travel PCU RN: High Pay, Housing & Benefits

Jobtome; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Private housing or housing allowance

Group Health insurance for you and/or

Company-paid life and disability ins.

Travel reimbursement

401(k) matching

Unlimited Referral Bonuses up to $1,0

Job summary

MedPro Healthcare Staffing is seeking an experienced Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse for a travel nursing job in Shreveport, LA. This 13-week assignment offers a weekly pay of $1,981 and housing options or housing allowance.

The role requires an active RN license, a degree from an accredited nursing program, BLS & ACLS certifications, and 18 months of recent PCU/step-down experience. Some requirements to be determined by the client facility.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in good standing.
• Degree from accredited nursing program.
• BLS & ACLS certifications.
• Eighteen months of recent experience in an Acute Care PCU/Step-down setting.
• Other requirements to be determined by our client facility.

Responsibilities

• Progressive Care Nurses (PCU) care for patients requiring close monitoring and frequent assessment, but who aren't unstable enough to need ICU care.
• PCU nurses monitor cardiac and other critical vital signs and detect any changes, thereby enabling intervention of life-threatening or emergency situations.
• The PCU nurse is sometimes also called a step-down nurse and the PCU is also known as cardiac step-down, medical step-down, neuro step-down, surgical step-down and ER holding.
• Monitor and assess patients who aren't unstable enough to need ICU care.
• Utilize computer equipment to monitor cardiac and other vital information and detect any changes, thereby enabling intervention of life-threatening or emergency situations.

Skills

Active RN License

BLS

ACLS

PCU/Step-down experience

Education

Degree from accredited nursing program

Job description

MedPro Healthcare Staffing is seeking an experienced Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse for a travel nursing job in Shreveport, LA. This 13-week assignment offers a weekly pay of $1,981 and housing options or housing allowance.

The role requires an active RN license, a degree from an accredited nursing program, BLS & ACLS certifications, and 18 months of recent PCU/step-down experience. Some requirements to be determined by the client facility.