Travel PCU RN - $2,021 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Kansas City, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/08/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Sep 8, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) position requiring at least 2 years of recent specialty experience and prior travel experience, with day shifts on a 3x12 schedule.

Details

• Progressive Care Unit (PCU) in a hospital setting
• Primary patient population includes post-surgical patients from bariatric, urology (TURP, TURBT, nephrectomy, ileal conduit, nephroureterectomy), hepatobiliary (Whipple, liver resection, complex biliary cases), colorectal (colon resection, ostomy creation/takedown, surgical oncology), and trauma specialties
• Patients frequently present with necrotizing soft tissue infections requiring serial debridement and Wound Vac changes
• Post-operative pain management includes epidural, PCA, ketamine drip, and lidocaine infusion
• Patients commonly have multiple drains (Foley, JP, IR drain, NG tube, chest tube, G-tube, J-tube, GJ-tube) and Wound Vacs
• Day shift: 6:45 AM – 7:15 PM (3x12-hour shifts)
• 8 weekend shifts required per 6-week scheduling period (combination of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)
• EMR: Epic (required; hard stop)
• Floating between departments, units, and facilities may be regularly required
• No on-call responsibilities
• Block scheduling is not available

Requirements

• Active MO RN license or compact RN license required; both Kansas and Missouri licenses (or a compact license) must be in hand at time of consideration, as floating across state lines may be required
• Current BLS and NIHSS certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of recent PCU/stepdown specialty experience required, including at least 1 full year of in-specialty experience within the past 12 months with no employment gap greater than 90 days
• Prior travel nursing experience required (first-time travelers are not accepted)
• Epic EMR experience required
• Required clinical skills: interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, use of Rapid Response/Code teams, feeding tube care and management, CBI, peripheral line care/management, PICC line management, IV insertion and maintenance, epidural analgesia, PCA, surgical drain management, chest tube management (Emerson/PleurEvac), isolation precautions/PPE, wound care/Wound Vac, bariatric surgery care, and TURP care
• MS/Tele and PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown work setting experience required
• 2 professional references required: at least one must be supervisor-level or above, the second may be a charge RN; all references must be from someone who has worked with the candidate within the past year
• SSN required for consideration

Additional Information

• 13-week contract
• Candidates must reside at least 75 miles from the facility to be eligible; local candidates are not accepted
• RTO is capped at 7 days for the contract; all RTO must be finalized prior to consideration and no additional RTO or schedule requests will be accepted after offer
• Prior employees of BJC or Saint Luke's health systems must wait 1 year before returning as a traveler; returning travelers must have an 18-month break unless they have completed a 3-month break in service
• Candidates who cancel a signed BJC contract to accept another BJC assignment are not eligible for a new BJC opportunity until completing an assignment elsewhere
• Orientation includes 10–15 hours of compliance modules due the Monday one week prior to start; Epic training (module or test-out option) must be completed first
• Infusion pump and glucometer training must be completed by the Sunday before the start date
• Travel partners are not accepted for this position
• No block scheduling accommodations available

American Traveler Job ID #P-735850. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

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