PCU Registered Nurse
Kansas City, MO
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Jun 15, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a PCU/Progressive Care Unit night shift position requiring at least 2 years of recent specialty experience and both MO (or compact) and KS licenses in hand.

Details

• Night shift schedule: 3x12-hour shifts, 6:45 PM – 7:15 AM
• 8 weekend shifts required per 6-week scheduling period, with shifts falling on any combination of Friday, Saturday, or Sunday
• Patient population includes post-surgical cases: bariatric, urology (TURP, TURBT with CBI, nephrectomy, ileal conduit, nephroureterectomy), hepatobiliary (Whipple, liver resection, gastric stimulator, complex biliary), colorectal (colon resection, ostomy creation/takedown, surgical oncology), and abdominal trauma
• Patients frequently present with necrotizing soft tissue infections requiring serial debridement with Wound Vac changes
• Primary post-operative pain management includes epidurals, PCA, Ketamine drip, and lidocaine infusions
• Patients commonly have multiple drains including Foley, JP, IR drain, NG tube, chest tube, G-tube, J-tube, and GJ-tube, as well as Wound Vacs
• Regular floating between departments, units, and facilities may be required
• No on-call requirements
• Block scheduling is not available

Requirements

• Active MO or compact RN license required; both Kansas and Missouri licenses must be in hand at time of consideration, as floating between facilities may require both
• Current BLS and NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of recent PCU/stepdown specialty experience required
• Must have at least 1 full year of in-specialty experience within the past 12 months with no employment gap greater than 90 days in the past year
• Required clinical skills: MS/Telemetry, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown care, interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, use of Rapid Response/Code teams, feeding tube care and management, CBI, peripheral line and PICC line care and management, IV insertion and maintenance, epidural analgesia, PCA, surgical drain management, chest tube management (Emerson/PleurEvac), isolation precautions/PPE, and wound care/Wound Vac
• 2 professional references required: at least one must be from a supervisor or above, and the second may be from a charge RN; all references must be from within the past year and must have worked with the candidate within the past year
• First-time travelers are not eligible for this position

Additional Information

• Local candidates residing within a 50-mile radius of the facility are not accepted
• Travel partners are not accepted for this assignment
• Maximum of 7 days of RTO per contract
• Online compliance modules are required as part of onboarding and are completed annually; total module time is approximately 10–15 hours
• Local candidates are not eligible for this position