HumanEdge Travel Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Albany, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 12/22/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

Travel RN – Progressive Critical Care (PCU) – Albany, NY

Start Date: 12/22
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Shift:12-hour Days
Shift Times:7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Weekends: Every other
Holidays: Rotating
Charting System:EPIC (experience required)

Unit Overview

The Progressive Critical Care Unit cares for high-acuity medical and surgical patients with complex needs. This unit manages some of the most medically fragile and surgically challenging cases in the region.

Common Patient Populations & Diagnoses

• Respiratory failure

• Sepsis

• Closed head injuries

• Endocrine disorders

• Multi-system organ dysfunction

• Complex traumas

• Surgical complications

• High-acuity medical/surgical DRGs

Skills & Clinical Requirements

RN must be competent in:

• Medical & surgical progressive care nursing

• ACLS

• Advanced hemodynamics, including pressor usage per titration protocols

• Antihypertensive drips

• Sedation and Narcan drips

• Thrombo-embolytics

• A-line & CVP management

• EVD management

• Ortho traction

• Infection-prevention protocols

• HFNC, BiPAP/CPAP, Oxypendent oxygenation modalities

Average Patient Load: 3 high-acuity patients

Nurses with large-scale adult PCU or community hospital ICU experience perform well on this unit.

Requirements

• Active RN license

• ACLS – Required

• Minimum 2 years PCU/Stepdown or ICU experience

• EPIC experience – Required

• Strong competency in advanced hemodynamic and high-acuity care

Presented by HumanEdge Health

For inquiries or candidate submissions, please contact:

HumanEdge Travel Healthcare Job ID #14089. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Progressive Care RN

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