Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Bangor, Maine.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 12/01/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit, Bangor, Maine. This position provides progressive care nursing for cardiac, medical, postoperative, trauma, stroke, respiratory, and complex-care patients in a Level II trauma setting. The role requires strong clinical judgment, cardiac rhythm interpretation, neurological assessment, airway management, and care of patients requiring advanced respiratory and cardiac support.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week; weekend rotation every other weekend.
- Required Qualifications:
- Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
- Progressive Care Unit (PCU) or intermediate-level care experience: 1 year preferred; candidates with Medical-Surgical experience and some Progressive Care Unit experience should have 2 years of experience.
- Experience caring for tracheostomy patients receiving ventilator support, including tracheostomy care, suctioning, and administration of 100% oxygen during suction support.
- Experience with stroke patients, neurological checks every 2 hours, high-flow oxygen, bilevel positive airway pressure, chest tubes, wound vacuum dressing changes, non-titrating vasoactive or antiarrhythmic infusions, temporary pacemakers, cardiac rhythm interpretation, insulin infusions, drains, ostomies, and intravenous starts.
- Ability to care for patients with stable craniotomies; candidates without craniotomy experience may be considered if confident performing neurological checks and caring for this patient population.
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience caring for patients with cardiac conditions, trauma, sepsis, respiratory failure, postoperative general surgery needs, cardiac catheterization recovery, ablation recovery, transcatheter aortic valve replacement recovery, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, alcohol withdrawal, pneumonia, and other complex medical conditions.
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Patient assignments generally range from 3 to 4 patients per Registered Nurse.
- The role may float to the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, or Cardiac Care Unit when an intermediate assignment is available.
- Care may include cardiac and medical patients, postoperative general surgery or trauma patients, tracheostomy and ventilator patients, and patients requiring high-flow oxygen or bilevel positive airway pressure.
- Support services include respiratory therapy, hospitalist coverage, trauma surgery, physical therapy, occupational therapy, phlebotomy, vascular access support, and clinical resource nursing.
- Registered Nurses are responsible for starting peripheral intravenous lines; support is available for ultrasound-guided intravenous lines and peripherally inserted central catheter or midline placement.
- General hospital orientation is followed by 1 day of unit orientation.
- Time-off requests of up to 7 days may be considered. Holiday requests are subject to unit approval and holiday coverage needs.
- Professional scrub colors are accepted.
- COVID-19 and influenza vaccination are required.
Benefits
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
Posted Date: 2026-10-30
Cross Country Job ID #1328420. 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: Registered Nurse / Progressive Care Unit
About Cross Country Nurses
You care for others — we’re here to care for you. At Cross Country, we know travel nursing is about more than just the job. It’s about building a career that supports your lifestyle, your values, and your impact. We offer competitive pay, full benefits, and 24/7 support from a team that truly understands what it means to be on the front lines. Wherever your journey takes you, we’re with you every step of the way. Let’s build your best life — one assignment at a time.
Benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Referral bonus