Registered Nurse IMC/PCU/Stepdown

Job Title

Travel RN – Cardiovascular Progressive Care (CVPC) / Stepdown

Location

Asheville, North Carolina

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Travel | 13-Week Assignment | Days | 6:45 AM – 7:15 PM | Full-Time | Onsite | Projected Start: 08/03/2026

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care in a 40-bed cardiovascular surgery stepdown unit serving CV surgery, vascular surgery, and overflow medical cardiology patients
• Manage epidurals, chest tubes, tube feedings, IV glucommander, and cardiac drip infusions including phenylephrine, dobutamine, dopamine, milrinone, cardizem, amiodarone, insulin, heparin, nitroglycerin, and ketamine
• Monitor and interpret telemetry for patients with diagnoses including heart failure, DKA, chest pain, sepsis, and heart block
• Utilize Cerner EMR and operate Baxter IV pumps and CADD epidural pumps
• Maintain a 1:5 patient ratio and collaborate with charge RNs, PCTs, and HUCs across day shift
• Float as needed to stepdown, medical-surgical, or ER inpatient holding units per facility guidelines

Required Qualifications

• Active RN license with a minimum of 2 years of experience
• Stepdown experience required
• Telemetry experience required
• Current ACLS and BLS certifications
• Ability to work a minimum of 6 weekend shifts (Saturday/Sunday) per 6-week schedule period and flexibility to work holidays

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Prior CV surgery and vascular surgery population experience within the past year (open heart, TAVR, lobectomy, AAA repair, fem-pop bypass)
• CVICU experience

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work in a high-acuity cardiovascular stepdown environment with a diverse and complex surgical patient population
• Join a large, well-staffed unit with approximately 100 team members in a dynamic, fast-paced setting