Registered Nurse (RN) — Progressive Care Unit, Night Shift

Job overview

The Registered Nurse (RN) — Progressive Care Unit role is onsite in Columbus, OH, on a 13-week travel contract with three 12-hour night shifts from 19:00 to 06:30, totaling 36 hours weekly. Compensation is not specified. The role serves adults and geriatric patients in a short-term acute-care setting. The nurse provides progressive-care nursing and monitoring for patients requiring telemetry and related acute-care support. The position calls for acute-care and PCU experience, with responsibilities and skills spanning dysrhythmia interpretation, line and IV care, blood products, feeding tubes, and rapid response team use.

What you'll do

• Provide PCU nursing care for adult and geriatric patients
• perform telemetry monitoring and dysrhythmia interpretation
• use rapid response teams
• manage feeding tubes, IV therapy, phlebotomy, blood product administration, central-line blood draws, peripheral lines, PICC lines, and IV starts
• chart in Epic.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

registered nurse

progressive care unit

columbus oh

hired by matrix

travel contract

night 3x12

19:00–06:30

36 hours weekly

telemetry

epic

bls

acls

variable weekends

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires two years of acute-care nursing experience, including at least one year in PCU; BLS and ACLS required. ONS chemotherapy certification and NIHSS are preferred; weekends vary by unit needs.

About the employer

Hired by Matrix is hiring for this role. Industry: Employment Placement Agencies. Sector: 56.