Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,445 per week

TotalMed RN

  • Louisville, KY
  • 13 days ago
  • $2,445 Per Week

Highlights

Skills: Blood administration, skeletal and Buck’s traction, JP drains and chest tubes, wound care and wound VACs, heparin drips, high-flow oxygen, stable BiPAP, and possible insulin drips. Patients: Trauma and post-surgical patients, including motor vehicle accidents, gunshot wounds, blunt/penetrating trauma, amputations, and elective procedures.

Numbers & Facts

LocationLouisville, KY

Description

TotalMed RN is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Louisville, Kentucky.

Job Description & Requirements

  • Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
  • Discipline: RN
  • Start Date: 10/18/2026
  • Duration: 13 weeks
  • 36 hours per week
  • Shift: 12 hours, nights
  • Employment Type: Travel

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of short-term acute care experience; 3 years preferred
  • Prior travel experience; first-time travelers are not accepted
  • BLS and NIHSS
  • Step-down, telemetry, or experience taking higher-acuity patient assignments beyond Med/Surg
  • Must be comfortable providing Med/Surg through step-down care

Schedule and patient care

  • Ratio: 1:5
  • Patients: Trauma and post-surgical patients, including motor vehicle accidents, gunshot wounds, blunt/penetrating trauma, amputations, and elective procedures
  • Skills: Blood administration, skeletal and Buck’s traction, JP drains and chest tubes, wound care and wound VACs, heparin drips, high-flow oxygen, stable BiPAP, and possible insulin drips
  • Support: Two CNAs per shift; daytime clerical support
  • Floating: To mixed-acuity units only
  • Weekends: Every other weekend
  • On-call: None

About TotalMed RN

TotalMed is a Top Ten, travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency with the mission of igniting purpose in healthcare. The organization staffs nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians of all specialties in all 50 states. They offer local and travel jobs and match caregivers with the right organization to assist both facilities and patients. As an organization, they focus on putting highly-skilled staff into facilities to ensure adequate staffing for a better patient experience.


TotalMed specializes in recruiting and placing healthcare professionals in travel, PRN, and permanent positions across the country in Nursing and Allied Health. Throughout 2020, the organization filled roles at even the most short-staffed facilities during the most challenging time in healthcare. By matching the right travel healthcare professional with the right organization, TotalMed continues to offer a lifeline to facilities and their patients.

Benefits

  • Weekly pay
  • Guaranteed Hours
  • Continuing Education
  • 401k retirement plan
  • Sick pay
  • Wellness and fitness programs
  • Referral bonus
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Medical benefits
  • Dental benefits
  • Vision benefits
  • Benefits start day 1

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