PCU / Stepdown
RN – Step Down
Location: Atlanta, GA
Shift: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM, three 12-hour shifts per week (36 hours)
Contract Duration: 13 weeks
About the Role
You'll join a high-acuity cardiac progressive care unit managing patients across the full spectrum of cardiac disease and post-procedural recovery. This is a fast-paced environment with frequent admissions, discharges, and significant procedural volume.
What You'll Do
Care for patients with heart failure, atrial fibrillation, arrhythmias, chest pain, and post-cardiac interventions. You'll manage patients pre- and post-cardiac catheterization, valve procedures, stent placement, pacemaker/ICD implants, and cardioversions. Groin site and sheath management, TR band monitoring, and chest tube care are routine. Some patients include heart transplant and LVAD recipients.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 18 months recent cardiac unit experience
- Current RN license
- Strong telemetry interpretation skills; must pass a proctored dysrhythmia exam on first attempt (paper-based, requires calipers)
- Proficiency with cardiac drips: insulin, milrinone, dobutamine, amiodarone, heparin, Lasix, and nitroglycerin
- Chest tube experience
- "4" rating on all cardiac skills checklist
- Heart transplant and LVAD experience preferred (training provided if needed)
Floating
You may float to similar cardiac/PCU units as acuity and staffing require.