Travel Nurse RN - Stepdown - $2,254 per week
Malone Healthcare - Nursing — Kearney, NE
$2,254/wk
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- PCU
- Type
- Travel
- Shift
- Days
- Hours
- 36/week
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start
- 09/17/2026
Job description
Malone Healthcare - Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Kearney, Nebraska.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Stepdown
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 09/17/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
- Position / Title: IMC/PCU/Stepdown - RN (PCU Department)
- Facility Name: CHI Health Good Samaritan
- Location: 10 E 31st St, Kearney, NE 68847
- VMS Req ID / Job ID: 1157373 / Job ID: 876724
- Target Start Date: 09/28/2026
- Shift Details: Days (0630–1830) or Nights (1830–0630), 36 guaranteed hours per week.
What the Facility Wants (Requirements & Expectations)
Experience & Qualifications
- Competencies Required: Must be competent in Arterial Lines.
- License & Certifications: Active state RN license and required certifications: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS.
- Radius & Employment Rules: 50-mile radius rule applies (driver's license required at submittal). Candidates cannot be active full-time, part-time, or PRN employees with any facility associated with CommonSpirit (including CHI and/or Dignity).
Clinical & Unit Overview
- Unit Details: 40-bed PCU unit (average daily census of 24).
- Patient Ratios & Care: 1:4 to 1:5 ratio on both days and nights. Patient types include cardiac med/surg, dialysis, cancer diagnoses, vascular, sepsis, adult respiratory, stroke, post-stent, post-pacer, and renal failure.
- Drips & Monitoring: Required to titrate drips (Heparin, Nitro, Dopamine, Cardizem, Amiodarone, insulin). RNs must read and interpret their own telemetry strips.
- Support Staff: CNAs/PCTs at a 1:12 ratio; charge nurses take assignments.
Scheduling & Unit Policies
- Weekends & Holidays: Every-other-weekend requirement; minimum of 2 holidays that fall within the contract timeframe. Block scheduling is not approved unless weekends only.
- RTO Policy: RTO must be provided upfront (maximum of 7 days per 13-week contract). No additional RTO will be approved post-submission.
- Call-Back & Orientation: 30-minute arrival window if called back from on-call. 1 day of unit-specific orientation, featuring an open-book pass/fail skills exam on Wednesdays during orientation (must score 90%+ to pass).
- Dress Code: Navy Blue scrubs. Strict artificial fingernail policy (refusal to remove leads to contract termination).
About Malone Healthcare - Nursing
With a commitment to providing a higher standard of service and experience in patient care, Malone Healthcare places expert nurses and allied health professionals in rewarding careers throughout the United States. As a leading healthcare staffing agency, Malone’s focus on compliance and integrity translates to a seamless experience for our team members and partner facilities. When you work with Malone Healthcare, you can rely on over 50 years of proven experience placing exceptional professionals in quality healthcare settings.
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- Continuing Education
- 401k retirement plan
- Pet insurance
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- License and certification reimbursement
- Life insurance