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Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse (PCU RN) – Travel Nursing Contract in Albany, Georgia

Apply now for a Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse travel job in Albany, Georgia, caring for complex cardiac stepdown patients on a 17-week contract.

Make a meaningful impact as a PCU RN supporting a busy cardiac stepdown population in Albany, Georgia. This travel nursing assignment offers the opportunity to care for patients recovering from complex cardiovascular and cardiothoracic procedures while working alongside an experienced acute-care team. Albany is a welcoming southwest Georgia community with convenient access to outdoor recreation, Tallahassee, Atlanta, and Florida’s Gulf Coast beaches.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Location: Albany, Georgia
• Assignment Type: Travel nursing contract
• Contract Duration: 17 weeks
• Start Date: October 5, 2026
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,860–$1,960
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12-hour day shifts, 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Holiday Requirement: Flexibility to work holidays and days surrounding holidays as needed
• Unit: 44-bed cardiac progressive care/stepdown unit
• Patient Ratio: Approximately 1 nurse to 5 patients
• Charting: MEDITECH
• Telemetry: Philips monitoring; nurses must be able to read and interpret cardiac rhythms
• Dress Code: Caribbean blue scrubs and facility-compliant professional appearance

PCU RN Job Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license eligible for practice in Georgia
• At least 2 years of recent acute-care progressive care unit or cardiac stepdown nursing experience
• Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
• Current ACLS certification
• Current NIHSS certification
• Progressive care nursing experience with cardiac monitoring, titratable drips, chest tubes, and postoperative cardiovascular patients
• Ability to float to the ICU to care for appropriate stepdown-level patients; nurses without ICU experience may be asked to assist with task-based assignments
• Willingness to follow unit standards, including professional appearance and attendance expectations
• Ability to work efficiently in a high-turnover acute-care environment with frequent admissions and discharges

Progressive Care Nurse Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to cardiac and cardiothoracic stepdown patients in an acute-care setting
• Care for patients following CABG, thoracotomy, VATS, EVAR, AAA repair, femoral-popliteal procedures, arteriograms, carotid endarterectomies, stent placement, pacemaker insertion, ablation, and AICD procedures
• Monitor and manage patients with CHF, atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, postoperative pacing wires, chest tubes, and other complex cardiovascular needs
• Safely administer and monitor titratable therapies, including Cardizem, amiodarone, dobutamine, dopamine, heparin, Lasix, Bumex, Primacor, and other ordered infusions
• Manage patients requiring BiPAP, CPAP during sleep, Vapotherm, and high-flow oxygen; full ventilator management is not required on the unit
• Perform focused assessments, medication administration, care planning, patient education, and timely documentation in MEDITECH
• Read and interpret telemetry strips and promptly identify changes in cardiac rhythm or patient condition
• Assist with the removal of temporary pacer wires after appropriate training and competency validation
• Collaborate with hospitalists, intensivists, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, the PICC team, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team
• Support safe patient transitions in a fast-paced progressive care unit with frequent admissions, discharges, and transfers

Apply now to join this acute-care healthcare team as a PCU RN and take your next travel nursing assignment in Albany, Georgia.

Benefits

401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.