Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Winston Salem, NC
GHR Healthcare
3x12 hrs

Take the next step in your nursing career with a rewarding PCU Registered Nurse travel assignment in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Join a fast-paced progressive care unit and stepdown team that functions much like an ICU, providing care for high-acuity patients while collaborating with a strong interdisciplinary healthcare team.

This travel RN job offers the chance to build advanced critical care skills in a high-acuity intermediate care environment. Winston-Salem is a vibrant Piedmont Triad city known for its welcoming community, rich history, and convenient access to dining, arts, parks, and regional amenities.

Job Details

• Specialty: PCU / Progressive Care Unit / Intermediate Care
• Setting: High-acuity stepdown unit with ICU-level workflow
• Employment Type: Travel Nurse Assignment
• Shift: 12-hour day shifts
• Hours Per Week: 36
• Contract Length: 20 weeks
• Estimated Weekly Pay: $1,600-$1,680
• Orientation: 24 hours
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Floating: Required as needed to a sister ICCU unit
• Charting System: Epic
• Additional Note: Strong drip experience is essential; no block scheduling

Job Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of recent Registered Nurse experience required
• Active RN license in North Carolina or a Compact state
• Current ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications
• Experience with arterial lines and titrating vasoactive drips
• Strong telemetry experience, including interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Experience with IV starts, conscious sedation, and rapid response situations
• Skilled in central line, peripheral line, and PICC line management
• Experience with insulin protocols, heparin protocols, blood product administration, and isolation precautions
• Ability to manage non-invasive airway support such as BiPAP/CPAP and HFNC
• Must be comfortable floating within and near the facility as needed
• Ability to work with adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient populations

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care for stepdown and ICU-level patients with unstable hemodynamics and respiratory distress
• Monitor and manage patients recovering from rapid response events, GI bleeds, post-op procedures, and complex medical conditions
• Administer and titrate cardiac and vasoactive drips per unit guidelines
• Recognize, assess, and respond to rhythm changes and other patient status shifts promptly
• Support patients requiring telemetry, chest tubes, tracheostomy care, and non-invasive airway management
• Collaborate with rapid response, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, IV team, and other interdisciplinary healthcare partners
• Maintain safe, efficient care while working with a patient ratio of 1:3-4
• Adapt to a high-acuity healthcare environment with professionalism, flexibility, and strong critical thinking

Apply now for this exciting PCU nursing job in Winston-Salem, NC and join a team dedicated to exceptional patient care.

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