Highlights
Required experience includes dysrhythmia interpretation and management, telemetry monitoring, rapid response, cardiac procedures, central line and arterial line management, cardiac/vasoactive drips, respiratory support, tracheostomy and ventilator care, and complex medical-surgical patient care. The unit is the hospital’s dedicated IMC unit and cares for patients with a wide range of diagnoses, including complex cardiac, neurological, respiratory, and post-operative conditions.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Springfield, IL |
| Industry | All |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Website | http://www.primestaffingnyc.com/ |
Description
Prime Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Springfield, Illinois.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 10/26/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 48 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary
Seeking an experienced IMC/Stepdown/PCU Registered Nurse to care for adult patients in a fast-paced intermediate care unit. The unit is the hospital’s dedicated IMC unit and cares for patients with a wide range of diagnoses, including complex cardiac, neurological, respiratory, and post-operative conditions.
Responsibilities
- Provide nursing care to adult patients in an IMC/Stepdown/PCU setting.
- Monitor cardiac rhythms, interpret and manage dysrhythmias, and respond to emergencies.
- Care for patients requiring cardiac and vasoactive drips, including titration when indicated.
- Manage central lines, PICC lines, arterial lines, ports, IV therapy, and blood product administration.
- Provide care for ventilated patients, tracheostomies, chest tubes, BiPAP/CPAP, and high-flow oxygen.
- Care for patients following cardiac procedures, including cardiac catheterization, angiograms, open-heart surgery, and sheath removal.
- Manage patients with neurological, renal, orthopedic, and other complex medical conditions.
- Float to other units as needed, within competency and scope of practice.
Requirements
- Minimum 1 year of nursing experience.
- Prior experience in Telemetry, Neuro Stepdown, PCU, DOU, or IMC/Stepdown required.
- BLS and NIHSS required.
- ACLS preferred.
- Strong cardiac monitoring and emergency response experience required.
- Required experience includes dysrhythmia interpretation and management, telemetry monitoring, rapid response, cardiac procedures, central line and arterial line management, cardiac/vasoactive drips, respiratory support, tracheostomy and ventilator care, and complex medical-surgical patient care.
- Travel experience required per the detailed qualifications; the job overview states first-time travelers are not accepted.
- Cerner experience preferred.
- Teaching hospital and Level I trauma experience preferred.
- Pending licenses are not accepted.
About Prime Staffing
At Prime Staffing, we understand the importance of finding the perfect fit for both our clients and candidates. Prime Staffing utilizes a unique matchmaking approach, providing the most qualified contingent staffing to our clients, and the most competitive contracts to our workforce. Our experienced team takes the time to get to know both our clients and candidates, their needs, and preferences, to ensure that each placement is a success.
We offer a wide range of staffing services including temporary, temp-to-perm, and direct hire placements. Our extensive network of qualified candidates includes nurses, allied healthcare professionals, corporate support professionals and executives.
About Company
Prime Staffing is one of New York's leading staffing firms specializing in temporary and full-time/permanent placements across multiple industries including; healthcare, business, consulting, finance, legal services, entertainment, media, information Technology(IT) and retail.
Prime Staffing is certified by The Joint Commission for its compliance, and integrity, in supplying superior healthcare staffing services to many of the finest healthcare organizations in the country. In addition to its impeccable reputation for providing travel and per diem health care staffing, Prime has become an integral partner in staffing some of the most prestigious business organizations and Fortune 500 companies in the country including multi-national bank and investment firms, international business consulting firms, global law firms and some of the most prominent media and entertainment outlets.
Prime's success and rapid growth is direct result if its most basic founding principle-provide our clients with the most experienced and qualified employees and, likewise, provide our employees with the best jobs at the top organizations in their respective professional disciplines.
Prime Staffing is a high-energy company with a corporate culture that embraces innovation, new technology and personalized customer service. We are confident in our ability to serve you professionally by placing esteemed and experienced individuals. Our continuous expansions enables us to adapt to the continuously changing needs of our clients and employees. Through our team of seasoned professionals we maintain respect, integrity and superiority in all aspects of our business.
At Prime, we work diligently to recognize your objectives and create programs to meet them. We believe that ardent customer service is an essential component to remaining at the forefront of a competitive marketplace. Prime utilizes its expertise, and decades of combined experience in the industry, to continuously improve, implement cutting-edge programs and maintaining our position in the market as one of the fastest growing firms in the Tri-State area.
It is our goal to build long-term relationships with clients and employees based on a foundation of trust, mutual respect and our expertise in the field of staffing. We guarantee dependability, consistency and security in all aspects of operation. Prime Staffing is the Superior Staffing Solution.