Location: City of Albany
Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,960 per week job at Honor Vet Technologies. Albany, NY.
Honor Vet Technologies 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:
06/30/2025 - Duration:
13 weeks - 36 hours per week
- Shift:
12 hours, nights - Employment Type:
Travel
Unit Specifics:
- Number of Beds : 17
- Unit staffing description- 3:1, 2:1 patient assignment. Core staffing for 7 RNs, 2 PCAs, and one ASA (unit secretary).
- Type of equipment :
Spacelab bedside cardiac monitoring, arterial lines, EVD, non-invasive ventilatory support (bipap, cpap, hfnc), EKOS. - Documentation system: EPIC
- Scheduling requirements: every other weekend, 3 UTs allowed per contract, weekend shift make up policy.
- Floating policy: to care areas with like-populations. AMC has an internal float team that assists in filling staffing needs.
- Patient Experience requirements: see description below.
Hospital Specifics-
- Certifications:
Academic Medical Center, Level 1 trauma center adult and peds.
Hiring profile
Requested Skill Set:
High acuity, medically unstable patient population. Patients served suffer from a range of disorders including but not limited to respiratory/pulmonary, endocrine/diabetes, GI, ortho/trauma, multi-surgical specialties, and neuro.
Must have:
“PCCU is designed to provide specialized care to the acute and chronically ill surgical and medical patient population 18 years of age and older and trauma patient population 15 years of age and older.
Specialized medical and nursing care is provided to patients with serious conditions including but not limited to elective and urgent surgical procedures, trauma, traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, stroke, sepsis, heart failure, respiratory disturbances, electrolyte imbalance, GI bleeding, coagulopathy, renal disease, drug overdose, and hemodynamic instability. Nursing care focuses on care requirements that involve a higher frequency of surveillance, assessment and intervention than can be provided on a general medical surgical unit.”
Advanced skills needed:
Cardiac rhythm interpretation, critical lab value interpretation, Electrolyte replacement and DKA protocols, CIWA management, NIHSS stroke screening, monitoring of the critically ill patient.
Management of patient on neosynephrine, levophed, dopamine, precedex, heparin, and other medications in these classes.
Procedures performed on unit: EVD, NT suctioning, wound vacs, JP drains, hemovacs, sedative drips, vasoactives, EKOS machines, vascular sheaths.
Certifications
Required:
BLS, ACLS, NIHSS preferred, PCCN or CCRN strongly encouraged.
Honor Vet Technologies:
Pioneering Purpose, Empowering Heroes
Founded in 2015, Honor Vet Technologies stands as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) , proudly certified by NaVOBA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs . Our mission goes beyond staffing—we are committed to transforming lives by addressing the critical unemployment challenges faced by veterans.
As a Joint Commission-certified clinical staffing agency , we deliver unmatched expertise in placing top-tier healthcare professionals—RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs/CMAs, and NPs—across diverse facilities, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, old-age homes, schools, correctional facilities, and more.
At Honor Vet, we don't just fill roles; we bridge gaps, uplift communities, and honor the ones who served.
Benefits- Vision benefits
- License and certification reimbursement
- Continuing Education
- Medical benefits
- Wellness and fitness programs
- Dental benefits
- Guaranteed Hours
- Mileage reimbursement
- Referral bonus
- Bereavement
- Holiday Pay
- Sick pay
- Retention bonus
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