Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse
Louisville, KY
Access Healthcare
2x16 hrs, Nights

Registered Nurse - Progressive Care Unit (PCU)

Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Employment Type: Clinical Nursing
Shift: Night (6:45 PM – 7:15 AM), every other weekend
Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

As a Registered Nurse in the Progressive Care Unit, you will be responsible for providing safe, effective, patient- and family-centered care. You will assess, develop, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans while supervising licensed and non-licensed staff. The role emphasizes evidence-based practice, quality outcomes, patient education, and mentoring/precepting team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform patient assessments and reassessments, making sound independent clinical decisions.
• Develop, prioritize, implement, and revise patient care plans in collaboration with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Monitor and document patient responses to clinical interventions.
• Provide and coordinate education tailored to patient and family needs during the stay and at discharge.
• Delegate tasks to licensed and non-licensed personnel; serve as a mentor and preceptor.
• Promote teamwork and participate in quality improvement, safety initiatives, and regulatory compliance.
• Engage in Practice Governance and support practice changes based on quality and safety data.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Kentucky
• Minimum of 2 years of Progressive Care Unit (PCU) experience, including experience within the last year
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing
• Acute care experience
• Current certifications in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
• Experience with Epic electronic health record system

Preferred Qualifications

• None specified.

Additional Information

• This position requires working night shifts with every other weekend coverage.
• Emphasis on mentoring, precepting, teamwork, and quality improvement.