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Travel Step Down Unit RN - $3,346 per week

TotalMed RN

  • Henderson, KY
  • 9 days ago
  • $3,346 Per Week

Highlights

Potential cross-campus floating with 2-hour notice; mid-shift floating within the same campus is possible, and cross-campus mid-shift floating is uncommon but possible. Preferred skills: PIV insertion, stable home vents, continuous BiPAP, chest tubes/drains, CBI, stable drips, blood administration, and neutropenic precautions.

Numbers & Facts

LocationHenderson, KY

Description

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

Job Description & Requirements

  • Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
  • Discipline: RN
  • Start Date: 11/22/2026
  • Duration: 13 weeks
  • 48 hours per week
  • Shift: 12 hours, nights
  • Employment Type: Travel

Unit: 10-bed Stepdown unit and 15-bed Telemetry unit
 

Requirements

  • At least 2 years as an RN, including 1 solid year of Stepdown/PCU experience and 1 completed travel assignment
  • Active compact RN license
  • AHA BLS, AHA ACLS, and NIHSS
  • Recent Epic experience; checkoff class required
  • Telemetry interpretation; must pass telemetry testing
  • Ability to initiate/titrate insulin, heparin, and cardiac drips

Schedule and patient care

  • Patients: Sepsis, CHF, COPD, DKA, cirrhosis, dementia, and postoperative urology, abdominal, and orthopedic patients
  • Stepdown ratios: Days 1:4–5; nights 1:5–6
  • Telemetry ratios: Days 1:5–6; nights 1:6
  • Charge nurse: Rarely takes patients on days; takes an assignment on nights
  • Floating: Travelers float first within skillset. Potential cross-campus floating with 2-hour notice; mid-shift floating within the same campus is possible, and cross-campus mid-shift floating is uncommon but possible.
  • Preferred skills: PIV insertion, stable home vents, continuous BiPAP, chest tubes/drains, CBI, stable drips, blood administration, and neutropenic precautions

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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