Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,762 per week

Wellspring Nurse Source is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/28/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Clinical Nurse

Job Summary

The Clinical Nurse provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Essential Duties

• Education:
  • Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
  • Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.
  • Utilizes patient education materials relevant to the patient population with assistance.
  • Assesses readiness to learn of the patient, family, and caregivers.
  • Evaluates the developmental level of the patient and factors affecting the ability to learn.
• Evaluation of Care:
  • Identifies expected patient outcomes.
  • Seeks guidance as needed in revision of the plan of care.
  • Participates in discussions with members of the interdisciplinary team to evaluate patient care.
  • Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Implementation:
  • Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects of care appropriate to the population.
  • Performs bedside point of care testing as required for the patient care plan.
  • Utilizes organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in delivering care.
  • Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient and family needs.
  • Consults with appropriate resources in a timely manner regarding patients with complex care issues and unusual teaching needs.
• Leadership:
  • Develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations with assistance.
  • Achieves goals and objectives within the identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor.
  • Is knowledgeable about activities that facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.
  • Participates in the development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
  • Effectively uses communication systems.
  • Participates in promoting cost-effective care.
  • Provides feedback to coworkers.
  • Stays informed about public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the healthcare environment.
  • Promotes a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment for all.
• Patient Assessment:
  • Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.
  • Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs in assessments.
  • Synthesizes assessment data into a meaningful whole prior to communication with others.
  • Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.
  • Develops relationships with families to support their advocacy for the patient and their own needs.
• Planning:
  • Collaborates with patient and family to prepare or update the plan of care.
  • Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.
  • Begins to use a full range of communication to convey planning.
  • Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care.
  • Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Research:
  • Reads journals containing studies or articles relevant to practice.
  • Brings ideas and questions to colleagues for assessment of applicability.

Qualifications

• Required Skills & Experience: One (1) year of nursing experience.
• Required Education:
  • Nursing Diploma or ADN/ASN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Wellspring Nurse Source Job ID #38071572. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 48.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN PCU/Stepdown

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