Travel Cardiac Step Down RN - $2,398 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Cardiac Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Atlanta, Georgia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Cardiac Stepdown
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/19/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Oct 19, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Step Down RN with strong cardiac experience for a high-acuity cardiac PCU unit requiring telemetry proficiency and 18 months of recent cardiac experience.

Details

• High-acuity, cardiac-focused Progressive Care Unit (PCU) at a hospital
• Nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:4 to 1:5 with high acuity and frequent admissions/discharges
• NOC shift, 3x12s, 36 hours per week
• No on-call requirements
• EPIC EMR experience required
• Common patient populations include heart failure, A-Fib, A-Flutter, SVT, VTach, VFib, FVO, chest pain, HTN, heart transplant, congenital heart disease, and LVAD patients
• Common procedures include right & left heart catheterizations, TR band management, sheath removal/management, stent placement, valve replacement, STEMI/NSTEMI care, pacemakers, ICDs, cardioversions, ablations, and groin site management
• Experience required with cardiac drips including insulin, milrinone, dobutamine, amiodarone, heparin, lasix, and nitroglycerin
• No ventilator patients on this unit
• Floating to similar cardiac/PCU units may be required, but not to Cardiac Monitor Tech roles

Requirements

• Active GA or Compact RN license required
• Minimum 18 months of recent cardiac unit experience
• Must independently interpret cardiac rhythms and pass a proctored, paper-based Dysrhythmia Exam using calipers on the first attempt with no tech assistance
• Must rate a "4" on all cardiac skills on the skills checklist
• Chest tube experience required
• Heart transplant and LVAD experience preferred, with training available if needed
• Experience with cardiac drips including insulin, milrinone, dobutamine, amiodarone, heparin, lasix, and nitroglycerin required

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care in a high-acuity cardiac step-down setting with significant procedural volume
• Navy blue scrubs required
• Must live outside a 50-mile radius of the facility; local candidates not accepted
• Former Emory or Houston perm staff must be separated for 1 year before returning to the health system, or 18 months if returning to the same facility
• RTO is limited to a maximum of 5 days if not falling on or near a holiday, or 3 days if it does, with only one holiday request allowed

American Traveler Job ID #P-752460. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - Telemetry - Stepdown

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