Step-Down Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse

About This Role

This night-shift position is for an experienced PCU / Stepdown Registered Nurse to join an inpatient acute care team, caring for higher-acuity patients in a collaborative environment. The role offers exposure to a diverse range of medical, surgical, cardiac, respiratory, and neurological conditions, and requires comfort with telemetry interpretation and chest tubes.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to patients with complex medical needs
• Interpret and monitor cardiac telemetry
• Care for patients with chest tubes and other advanced medical devices
• Monitor patients for changes in condition and respond appropriately
• Administer medications and treatments according to physician orders and nursing standards
• Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary care teams
• Provide patient and family education
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in EPIC
• Safely manage patients requiring higher-acuity interventions
• Float to ICU when appropriate based on experience; otherwise, float to General Medicine floors
• Take patient assignments appropriate to the level of care when floating

Requirements

• 1+ year of RN experience for sign-on bonus eligibility
• Must be able to read and interpret cardiac telemetry
• Must be comfortable caring for patients with chest tubes
• Experience in PCU, stepdown, intermediate care, telemetry, or another higher-acuity inpatient setting is highly valuable
• Active RN license
• BLS required
• ACLS required
• NIHSS required

Benefits

• $20,000 sign-on bonus with 1+ year of experience
• Night differential: +$4.00/hr
• Weekend differential: +$3.25/hr
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Important Details

• Schedule: Night Shift, three 12-hour shifts per week (3x12s), rotating nights, weekends, and holidays
• Unit: 32-bed inpatient acute care unit with all private rooms
• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 3–4 patients per nurse
• Electronic medical record: EPIC
• Medication dispensing system: Pyxis
• Scrubs: Any color permitted
• Orientation: 1 day with the education team, 1 day of floor orientation
• Floating expectations: Nurses with extensive ICU experience may float to the ICU (2 patients); nurses without extensive ICU experience may float to General Medicine floors (5–6 patients). Assignments are based on the nurse's experience and the level of care.