Travel PCU RN - $2,156 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Rochester, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/13/2026
• 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 13, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Registered Nurse for a Progressive Care Unit / IMCU position requiring an active NY RN license in hand and Epic EMR experience.

Details

• 26-bed Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU) functioning as a critical care step-down unit
• Receives patients from the Emergency Department, PACU, ICU, and medical-surgical floors
• Adult acute care patient population requiring continuous pulse-oximetry and telemetry monitoring
• Cares for patients needing airway management, acute BiPAP support, arterial lines, central lines, and titrated IV infusions
• Patient ratio of 1:5 to 1:7 for MedSurg-level care
• Night shift schedule, 3x12 hours, 19:00-7:00
• Every other weekend required
• Floating required

Requirements

• Active NY RN license required in hand, no exceptions
• BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
• Minimum 1 year of recent experience required
• Prior travel nursing experience required
• Epic charting experience required
• Skills in cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and Rapid Response/Code team utilization
• Experience with peripheral line care/management
• Experience with respiratory support including nasal cannula, oxygen face masks, and portable oxygen tanks
• Experience with non-invasive airway management and isolation precautions

Additional Information

• Care for critical care step-down patients using a multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach
• Tertiary care hospital with 528 staffed beds
• Scrub color requirement: any combination of navy and white
• First-time travelers are accepted
• Candidates must reside within a 75-mile radius of the facility
• Returning staff must wait 6 months system-wide before reapplying
• Candidates with more than 10 days of requested RTO will not be considered

American Traveler Job ID #P-755825. 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 - Progressive Care Unit

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