NIH Stroke Certification required for Tele/PCU placement
Certification
Current BLS and ACLS certification (AHA or ARC accepted), not expiring within 30 days of startAfter hire · within 30 days
Experience
Minimum 2 years of recent experience in the stepdown/telemetry specialty
Also asks
No employment gaps of 90 days or more within the past 12 months
What it pays
Against similar roles
Pays above most North Carolina travel rolesNorth Carolina travel postings that state pay run $1,560/week to $2,450/week, the middle half $1,710/week to $2,050/week, across 217 postings.
American Traveler is hiring an RN for a Telemetry/Progressive Care Unit (PCU) night shift position requiring an active NC or compact license and 2 years of recent specialty experience.
Details
Work in the A5E Stepdown/Telemetry Progressive Care Unit of a hospital
13-week travel assignment
Night shift schedule from 6:45 PM to 7:15 AM
Requirements
Active NC or compact RN license required
Current BLS and ACLS certification (AHA or ARC accepted), not expiring within 30 days of start
NIH Stroke Certification required for Tele/PCU placement
Minimum 2 years of recent experience in the stepdown/telemetry specialty
No employment gaps of 90 days or more within the past 12 months
Additional Information
Provide telemetry and stepdown level nursing care to monitored patients
Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility; no local candidates accepted
Neighborhoods+West Asheville—especially Historic West Asheville, Malvern Hills, and Bent Creek—is the hip, quirky, progressive pocket people actually name: old bungalows mixed with newer builds, funky shops, and a tight-knit feel after a decade-long renaissance. Central Asheville (Downtown, Kenilworth, Montford) is artsy, energetic, and historic, with walkable galleries, bookstores, cafes, and breweries; Facebook locals also flag Montford and the River Arts District for walkable shops and restaurants. North Asheville offers tree-lined streets, stately homes, and proximity to the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Stretching a budget usually means less-desirable sections of Black Mountain and Swannanoa or farther toward Waynesville, and fitting an $800–850 monthly rent typically requires a roommate.
West Asheville—especially Historic West Asheville, Malvern Hills, and Bent Creek—is the hip, quirky, progressive pocket people actually name: old bungalows mixed with newer builds, funky shops, and a tight-knit feel after a decade-long renaissance. Central Asheville (Downtown, Kenilworth, Montford) is artsy, energetic, and historic, with walkable galleries, bookstores, cafes, and breweries; Facebook locals also flag Montford and the River Arts District for walkable shops and restaurants.
North Asheville offers tree-lined streets, stately homes, and proximity to the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Stretching a budget usually means less-desirable sections of Black Mountain and Swannanoa or farther toward Waynesville, and fitting an $800–850 monthly rent typically requires a roommate.
Getting around+U.S. News puts the typical Asheville commute at about 17.44 minutes, and Apartment Guide says transportation costs run 6% below the national average. After Hurricane Helene, roads and bridges washed out and left some communities isolated for weeks; scars were still part of daily life into 2026. Residents learn to avoid certain roads in peak tourist season, when visitor traffic clogs popular corridors, and a local realtor notes mountain terrain throttles infrastructure so roads expand slowly. These sources do not name hospital campuses, bus lines, or parking.
U.S. News puts the typical Asheville commute at about 17.44 minutes, and Apartment Guide says transportation costs run 6% below the national average. After Hurricane Helene, roads and bridges washed out and left some communities isolated for weeks; scars were still part of daily life into 2026. Residents learn to avoid certain roads in peak tourist season, when visitor traffic clogs popular corridors, and a local realtor notes mountain terrain throttles infrastructure so roads expand slowly.
These sources do not name hospital campuses, bus lines, or parking.
Outdoors+The city sits between the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains, ringed by Pisgah National Forest and the Black Mountain Range. Named access includes the Blue Ridge Parkway, Bent Creek Experimental Forest, the North Carolina Arboretum (gardens, woodland trails, bonsai exhibit, adjacent to the Parkway), Biltmore Estate grounds, and more than 60 public parks. Nantahala Outdoor Center runs whitewater trips on the French Broad River just outside town; the Adventure Center of Asheville has 70-plus treetop challenge elements and ziplines. Locals hike to waterfalls and swimming holes off the Parkway and treat the mountains as a constant presence, not a weekend outing.
The city sits between the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains, ringed by Pisgah National Forest and the Black Mountain Range. Named access includes the Blue Ridge Parkway, Bent Creek Experimental Forest, the North Carolina Arboretum (gardens, woodland trails, bonsai exhibit, adjacent to the Parkway), Biltmore Estate grounds, and more than 60 public parks.
Nantahala Outdoor Center runs whitewater trips on the French Broad River just outside town; the Adventure Center of Asheville has 70-plus treetop challenge elements and ziplines. Locals hike to waterfalls and swimming holes off the Parkway and treat the mountains as a constant presence, not a weekend outing.
Asheville is a small Blue Ridge city of about 98,000 that pairs James Beard dining and more breweries per capita than any U.S. city with trailheads in Pisgah National Forest minutes from downtown. Walkable West Asheville, Montford, and Kenilworth draw younger renters; North Asheville is leafier near UNC Asheville; Black Mountain, Swannanoa, and Waynesville stretch the budget. Median homes sit around $460,000–$500,000 and a one-bedroom can run about $1,300–$1,700, so $800s rents usually mean roommates. Drives average roughly 17 minutes, but tourist-season roads clog and mountain terrain limits new infrastructure. Helene in September 2024 killed 43 people in Buncombe County, devastated the River Arts District, and cut city water for over a month—some businesses were still closed in 2026. Daily life still means the Blue Ridge Parkway, French Broad paddling, the Arboretum, South Slope tables at Contrada or Curate, Hole doughnuts, and shows at Rabbit Rabbit, if you accept the housing math and peak-season crowds.
