PCU/Tele RN
Lubbock, TX
Bestica
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Travel RN – Progressive Care Unit (PCU) / Neuro Telemetry

📍 Lubbock, Texas | 🗓️ 13-Week Contract

Join a fast-paced Neuro Telemetry unit as a PCU/Telemetry Registered Nurse, providing care to patients with complex neurological and cardiac conditions. First-time travel nurses are welcome!

📌 Assignment Highlights

• Location: Lubbock, TX 79410
• Specialty: PCU / Telemetry – Neuro Tele
• Start Date: November 16, 2026
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Night shift, 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
• Schedule: 3 × 12-hour shifts per week
• Guaranteed Hours: Not specified
• Patient Ratio: Typically 1:3–4; up to 1:5 on weekends
• Openings: 1
• Travel Experience: Not required; first-time travelers welcome
• Charting System: EPIC

🩺 Your Role

• Provide nursing care to patients with neurological, neurosurgical, and cardiac conditions.
• Monitor cardiac rhythms and recognize dysrhythmias.
• Administer cardiac and vasoactive drips as appropriate to unit protocols.
• Manage heparin protocols, central lines, peripheral lines, and IV therapy.
• Monitor patients with stroke, TIA, epilepsy, subdural hematoma, and neurosurgical conditions.
• Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to support patient recovery.
• Respond to emergencies and participate in rapid response and code situations.

✅ Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of nursing experience.
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications.
• Experience in PCU, Telemetry, Stepdown, or a comparable acute-care setting.
• Cardiac monitoring and dysrhythmia interpretation skills.
• Ability to work night shifts, weekends, and float between units as required.

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching hospital experience.
• Community hospital experience.
• Level II trauma experience.

🏥 Unit Highlights

• 29-bed Neuro Telemetry unit.
• Comprehensive Stroke Center.
• Exposure to neurological, epilepsy-monitoring, and neurosurgical patients.
• Interdisciplinary support from respiratory therapy, physical therapy, radiology, pharmacy, and rapid response teams.
• Dedicated mentors and a collaborative clinical environment.

📋 Important Contract Requirements

• Every-other-weekend coverage, including 6 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule.
• Floating between units is required.
• No block scheduling.
• 48-hour schedules are not approved.
• One pre-approved time-off request.
• Orientation: 12 hours listed in unit details; confirm the final orientation schedule with the recruiter.
• Dress Code: Solid navy blue scrubs for licensed nursing staff.
• Free employee/visitor parking in unrestricted surface lots.