Step Down Unit RN
Henderson, KY
PRIDE Health
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus
$2,170/weekOverview
- Start Date11/16/2026
- Shift Breakdown3x12 hrs
- ShiftDays
- Duration12 weeks
Pay
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- 401k retirement plan
- Cancelation protection
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse (1 year)
- Skills Checklist
- Updated Resume
Description
Step Down Unit Registered Nurse
Role
- Registered Nurse for the Step Down Unit / Stepdown-Tele RN role.
Location
- Henderson, Kentucky
Contract
- Travel assignment
- 13 weeks
- Start date: 11/16
- 36 guaranteed hours per week
- 12-hour day shift
Schedule
- Every third weekend
- Every other holiday
Float Scope
- First to float within skillset
- May float to Deaconess Newburgh (IN) campus and Deaconess Gateway (IN)
- Mid-shift float within the same campus is possible
- Cross-campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible
Required Qualifications
- Current active compact license
- AHA BLS
- AHA ACLS
- NIHSS
- 2 years as RN
- 1 solid year of stepdown/PCU experience
- 1 travel assignment
- Recent EPIC experience
- Tele interpretation
- Ability to initiate and titrate insulin, heparin, and cardiac drips
Preferred Qualifications
- PIV insertion
- Stable home vents
- Chest tube / indwelling drain management
- CBI
- Stable drips such as lasix and protonix
- Blood product administration
- Continuous BiPap
- Drain management
- Neutropenic precautions
- Strong assessment and critical thinking skills
- Hard worker, resilient, adaptable, and social
Unit Details
- Stepdown/PCU patient population
- Includes patients with sepsis, CHF, COPD, DKA, cirrhosis, dementia, and surgical urology, abdominal, and ortho cases
- Unit has 10 beds
- Tele unit has 15 beds
- Day ratios: SDU 1:4-5; Tele 1:5-6
- Night ratios: SDU 1:5-6; Tele 1:6
Additional Notes
- Clinical interview
- Bi-weekly orientation
- Travelers must pass tele tests
- Teaching hospital; may require precepting students and new hires
- Navy blue scrubs
- No competing health systems or agency logos
- 3 call-ins can result in termination
- COVID-19 vaccine not required, subject to change
Employer
PRIDE Health
60 nurses recommend working with PRIDE Health
Pros
Agency and recruiter are communicative and reach out a good amount after getting you started. Paid weekly.
Cons
Sometimes slow to get concerns addressed in a timely manner. Also can be sometimes overbearing with getting you to agree to contracts.
Recommends working with PRIDE Health
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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 Health 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, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Pride Health is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Fair Chance Employment
Pride Health is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.
Accommodations
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.
Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.
Only applicable for Kentucky positions: For this type of employment, state law requires a criminal record check as a condition of employment. This applies to direct care staff (Examples: RN, LPN, Nurse Aides, Therapists) referred to Kentucky nursing facilities, assisted living communities, or long-term care facilities, in accordance with KRS 216.793.
Henderson, KY
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