Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Springfield, IL
ADN Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

IMC/Stepdown/PCU RN

Location: Springfield, Illinois Specialty: Registered Nurse Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Night, 3x12 hours (19:15 to 6:45), 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Facility Highlights

• Acute care hospital, Level I trauma center, Magnet facility
• 562 total staffed beds
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Scrub color: any solid color
• Parking permit required, no cost

Schedule and Coverage

• Weekends: works every other weekend
• On-call: not required
• Float: will float as needed within scope
• Block schedule: open to accommodating, to be discussed with the manager
• Return-to-office restrictions: ideally no more than 5 days
• Call-offs: up to 36 hours may be called off over the 13-week assignment; if the candidate is placed on call instead of being called off, that counts as a called-off shift

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Illinois
• PCU - Progressive Care Unit (1 year of experience)
• PCU - Progressive Care Unit experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or RQI
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience working with Spinal Cord Injury patients
• Experience working with Cardiac Surgery patients
• Experience working with Neuro patients
• Post cardiac angiogram care
• Pre/Post cardiac catheterization care
• Sheath removal
• TR band management
• Feeding tube care and management
• Pre/Post hemodialysis management

Pre-Start Requirements

• Background check within 30 days of start, with annual updates
• Sanctions checks (EPLS/SAM and HHS/OIG) within 30 days prior to start
• Education verification
• Valid driver's license or state ID
• Illinois Healthcare Worker Registry fingerprinting for clinical candidates without an Illinois state license, completed in Illinois 3 business days before start
• 9-panel drug screen within 30 days of start
• Physical exam within one year of start
• TB screening (2-step PPD, TSPOT, or Quantiferon) within one year of start, plus an annual TB questionnaire
• Measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, and varicella immunity (vaccines, positive titer, or signed declination)
• Flu vaccination documentation by 11/30, or an approved exemption
• Fit test for N95 mask (not completed on site; not required for PAPR users)
• Two professional references
• Skills checklist and competency exam
• Facility orientation modules, due by the first day of orientation