American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Progressive Care Cardiac Unit position requiring prior PCU and cardiac experience along with FL or compact RN licensure. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
Posted Oct 12
Shift and hours
12-hour shifts · Nights Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs36 hours a week
Unit and setting
Cardiac Medical Progressive Care Unit 36-bed Cardiac Medical Progressive Care Unit
License
RN license Active FL or compact RN license required, with driver's license address matching BON addressActive FL or compact RN license
Term
14 weeks · starts Dec 4, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
License
Active FL or compact RN licenseActive FL or compact RN license required, with driver's license address matching BON addressCheck your license
Certification
Current BLSCurrent BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
Certification
Current ACLS
Certification
Current NIHSS
Education
Nursing degree from an accredited programNursing degree from an accredited program or 5 years of experience required
Experience
2 years of PCU experienceMinimum 2 years of PCU experience required
SSN card, DL, COVID and flu vaccination recordsRequired documents for consideration: SSN card, DL, COVID and flu vaccination records
What it pays
Against similar roles
In range for Florida travel rolesFlorida travel postings that state pay run $1,640/week to $2,740/week, the middle half $2,000/week to $2,430/week, across 192 postings.
Benefits
Housing
Tax advantage plan
Medical, dental and life insurance
Weekly payroll
Referral bonuses
Licensure reimbursement
Travel allowances
Continuing education
The role and schedule
Charting
Epic EMRUses Epic EMR
Floating
Floating required; travelers floated firstFloating required, with travelers floated first, including to sister campuses within 15-20 minutes of the facility
Unit size
36-bed unit36-bed Cardiac Medical Progressive Care Unit
On call
No on-call requirementsNo on-call requirements
Start
Dec 4, 2026Start Date: Dec 4, 2026
Travel
Floats to sister campuses within 15-20 minutes
Details
14-week assignmentLength: 14 weeks
Details
Must reside within 50 miles of facility; cannot own or cosign property in that radiusMust reside within a 50-mile radius of the facility, strictly enforced, and cannot own or cosign property within that radius
Details
Must secure full-time housing locally; no commuting from outside the regionCandidates must be willing to secure full-time housing in the area rather than commute from outside the region
Details
Expected to integrate as core staffTravelers are expected to integrate as core staff and function as part of the unit culture
Details
No block scheduling requests acceptedNo block scheduling requests accepted
Details
RTO must be submitted before offer; no approvals after submissionAll RTO must be submitted prior to offer; no RTO approvals after submission
Details
Remote orientation starting Friday, then in-person badge visitOrientation begins on a Friday with remote training, followed by an in-person visit for badge and ID
American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Progressive Care Cardiac Unit position requiring prior PCU and cardiac experience along with FL or compact RN licensure.
Details
36-bed Cardiac Medical Progressive Care Unit
Patient ratios of 4 to 5:1
12-hour night shifts, 3 shifts per week
Uses Epic EMR
Floating required, with travelers floated first, including to sister campuses within 15-20 minutes of the facility
No on-call requirements
Requirements
Active FL or compact RN license required, with driver's license address matching BON address
Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
Minimum 2 years of PCU experience required
Cardiac nursing experience required
Nursing degree from an accredited program or 5 years of experience required
Required documents for consideration: SSN card, DL, COVID and flu vaccination records
Additional Information
Travelers are expected to integrate as core staff and function as part of the unit culture
Must reside within a 50-mile radius of the facility, strictly enforced, and cannot own or cosign property within that radius
Candidates must be willing to secure full-time housing in the area rather than commute from outside the region
No block scheduling requests accepted
All RTO must be submitted prior to offer; no RTO approvals after submission
Orientation begins on a Friday with remote training, followed by an in-person visit for badge and ID
Hard document deadline is the Monday prior to start date, with no exceptions for pending documentation
First-time travelers may be considered if they meet experience requirements
Neighborhoods+Healthcare workers and other car-commuting professionals are pointed toward South Fort Myers along Daniels Parkway and Alico Road for a smoother downtown run and the area’s largest retail and fitness centers. Family-oriented suburbs named for quieter streets include Buckingham (marshes, trails, FGCU campus; Extra Space lists median home $236,000 and rent $968), riverfront McGregor with arts and outdoor access (median home $276,400, rent $1,097), San Carlos Park for mixed housing and easier drives (median $127,000 / rent $1,065), and lower-cost Lehigh Acres with larger yards (median $101,400 / rent $919). Facebook locals also recommend Southwest Cape Coral and Estero as quiet, safer pockets, with traffic and insurance as the usual caveats. Downtown’s River District is the walkable nightlife sliver; everywhere else assumes a car.
Healthcare workers and other car-commuting professionals are pointed toward South Fort Myers along Daniels Parkway and Alico Road for a smoother downtown run and the area’s largest retail and fitness centers. Family-oriented suburbs named for quieter streets include Buckingham (marshes, trails, FGCU campus; Extra Space lists median home $236,000 and rent $968), riverfront McGregor with arts and outdoor access (median home $276,400, rent $1,097), San Carlos Park for mixed housing and easier drives (median $127,000 / rent $1,065), and lower-cost Lehigh Acres with larger yards (median $101,400 / rent $919).
Facebook locals also recommend Southwest Cape Coral and Estero as quiet, safer pockets, with traffic and insurance as the usual caveats. Downtown’s River District is the walkable nightlife sliver; everywhere else assumes a car.
Getting around+U.S. News puts the typical Fort Myers commute at about 22.67 minutes, and that is almost entirely a driving commute: Walk Score 35, Bike Score 48, and public transit described as thin—few bus routes, long waits—so a personal vehicle is treated as essential. South Fort Myers (Daniels/Alico) is the corridor locals name for a smoother trip downtown and proximity to big retail. Winter tourist season is when those times stretch and roads near beaches clog; downtown parking is garages plus street spots, with trolley service mentioned only in the River District core. These sources do not map drive times to specific hospitals.
U.S. News puts the typical Fort Myers commute at about 22.67 minutes, and that is almost entirely a driving commute: Walk Score 35, Bike Score 48, and public transit described as thin—few bus routes, long waits—so a personal vehicle is treated as essential. South Fort Myers (Daniels/Alico) is the corridor locals name for a smoother trip downtown and proximity to big retail.
Winter tourist season is when those times stretch and roads near beaches clog; downtown parking is garages plus street spots, with trolley service mentioned only in the River District core. These sources do not map drive times to specific hospitals.
Outdoors+The Caloosahatchee River is the everyday water for kayaking, canoeing, fishing, and sunset boat tours. Inland, Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve’s three-mile boardwalk is the hiking standout, and Buckingham adds marshes and trails. Gulf time is at Bowditch Point Park on Fort Myers Beach (picnic, swim, paddleboard, fish), Fort Myers Beach itself, Sanibel Island, and the Fort Myers Pier. Pine Island (about 30 minutes) and Cabbage Key are the quieter fishing and boat days; Edison and Ford Winter Estates mix gardens with a historic estate walk. Outdoor life is sold as year-round; winter is when the sand is crowded.
The Caloosahatchee River is the everyday water for kayaking, canoeing, fishing, and sunset boat tours. Inland, Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve’s three-mile boardwalk is the hiking standout, and Buckingham adds marshes and trails.
Gulf time is at Bowditch Point Park on Fort Myers Beach (picnic, swim, paddleboard, fish), Fort Myers Beach itself, Sanibel Island, and the Fort Myers Pier. Pine Island (about 30 minutes) and Cabbage Key are the quieter fishing and boat days; Edison and Ford Winter Estates mix gardens with a historic estate walk.
Outdoor life is sold as year-round; winter is when the sand is crowded.
Fort Myers, the City of Palms, sits on the Caloosahatchee River with Gulf beaches a short drive away—Bowditch Point and Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, plus quieter Pine Island—and a downtown River District of historic storefronts, MICHELIN-recognized dining, and the Edison & Ford Winter Estates. Healthcare is a named growth industry, so nursing work exists alongside Extra Space’s pitch of housing below some Florida averages and no state income tax. You will almost certainly need a car: Walk Score 35, thin buses, a roughly 23-minute average commute that worsens in winter tourist season. Summers stay sticky with highs near 90°F; hurricane season runs June–November, and flood insurance is a constant resident complaint. South Fort Myers (Daniels/Alico) and San Carlos Park trade for errands and simpler drives; Estero or Southwest Cape Coral for quieter streets; McGregor for river living. Off-shift, walk Six Mile Cypress Slough’s boardwalk, catch a show at Sidney & Berne Davis Arts Center, or eat in the Culinary District—nightlife is real downtown and on Fort Myers Beach, but widely called mediocre beyond those pockets.
