Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a PCU/Progressive Care Unit night shift position requiring at least 2 years of recent specialty experience and both Missouri and Kansas RN licenses in hand.

Details

• Progressive Care Unit (PCU) in a hospital setting
• Primary patient population includes post-surgical patients from bariatric, urology, hepatobiliary, colorectal, surgical oncology, and trauma specialties
• Common procedures and cases include TURP/TURBT with CBI, Whipple, liver resection, colon resection, ostomy creation/takedown, and necrotizing soft tissue infections requiring serial debridement
• Patients frequently present with multiple drains (foley, JP, IR drain, NG tube, chest tube, G-tube, J-tube, GJ-tube) and Wound Vacs
• Post-operative pain management includes epidural, PCA, ketamine drip, and lidocaine infusion
• Night shift: 3x12-hour shifts, 6:45 PM – 7:15 AM
• 8 weekend shifts required per 6-week scheduling period, on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday combination
• Regular floating between departments, units, and facilities may be required
• No on-call requirements
• Block scheduling is not available

Requirements

• Active RN license in both Missouri (or Compact) and Kansas — both must be in hand prior to consideration; inability or unwillingness to float across state lines may result in cancellation
• Pending licenses are accepted
• Current BLS and NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of recent PCU/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
• Required skills: MS/Tele, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, rapid response/code team participation, feeding tube care, CBI, peripheral line and PICC line management, IV insertion and maintenance, epidural analgesia, PCA management, surgical drain care, chest tube management (Emerson/PleurEvac), isolation precautions/PPE, and wound care/wound vac
• 2 professional references required: one must be supervisor-level or above, the second may be a charge RN — both must have worked with the candidate within the past year
• First-time travelers are not accepted for this position

Additional Information

• Candidates must reside at least 50 miles from the facility to be eligible — local candidates are not accepted
• Travel partners are not accepted for this assignment
• RTO is capped at 7 days for the duration of the contract
• Online compliance modules are required as part of onboarding and are completed annually thereafter
• 13-week contract minimum; candidates interested in a longer assignment are encouraged to indicate that preference