Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,195 per week
Travel nursing assignment in Petersburg, Virginia.
About the role
MedPro Healthcare Staffing, a Joint Commission-certified staffing agency, is seeking a quality PCU/Step-down Nurse for a travel assignment with one of our top healthcare clients.
Responsibilities
- Progressive Care Nurses (PCU) care for patients requiring close monitoring and frequent assessment, but who aren't unstable enough to need ICU care.
- PCU nurses monitor cardiac and other critical vital signs and detect any changes, thereby enabling intervention of life-threatening or emergency situations.
- Monitor and assess patients who aren't unstable enough to need ICU care.
- Utilize computer equipment to monitor cardiac and other vital information and detect any changes, thereby enabling intervention of life-threatening or emergency situations.
- Many PCU patients receive complex medications that may require titration based on the patient’s vital signs.
The PCU nurse is sometimes also called a step-down nurse and the PCU is also known as cardiac step-down, medical step-down, neuro step-down, surgical step-down and ER holding.
Requirements
- Active RN License
- Degree from accredited nursing program
- BLS & ACLS Certifications
- Eighteen months of recent experience in an Acute Care PCU/Step-down setting
- Other requirements to be determined by our client facility
Benefits
- Weekly pay and direct deposit
- Full coverage of all credentialing fees
- Private housing or housing allowance
- Group Health insurance for you and your family
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) matching
- Unlimited Referral Bonuses up to $1,000
- Day 1 medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
- On Staff Clinical Support Team
- Access to nationwide travel assignments
- MPX+ Mobile app - 24/7 real-time access to jobs, credentials, assignment details, and more
- Tax Free Per Diems, Housing Stipends and Travel Reimbursements
- Employee assistance programs
Schedule
- Start Date: 08/10/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- 12-hour shifts
About Agency
MedPro Healthcare Staffing is a Joint Commission-certified provider of contract staffing services. Since 1983, we have placed nursing and allied travelers in top healthcare facilities nationwide. Our mission is simple: you focus on your patients, and we’ll take care of the rest.
Guided by a CEO who is a Registered Nurse, MedPro is built on a foundation of clinical insight and genuine compassion for the caregiving community. Through The MedPro Experience®, we deliver travel assignments that are rewarding, memorable, and designed to help you DREAM big, EXPLORE often, and ACHIEVE greatness.