Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Coronary Care Unit (CCU), Philadelphia, PA. This position provides care in a mixed critical care unit serving medical, cardiac, surgical, and neurological patients. The role includes caring for complex cases and supporting medical-surgical telemetry and Emergency Department admission holds as needed.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: Active Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications.
- Preferred Qualifications: Two or more years of intensive care unit experience preferred. Previous travel experience is preferred. Familiarity with tenecteplase administration for stroke, withdrawal management for opioid use disorder and substance use disorder populations, bone marrow transplant care, Belmont rapid transfuser equipment, and continuous renal replacement therapy is helpful.
- Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Additional Information: The mixed critical care unit has 20 beds and typically maintains a 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio. Patient populations may include sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic kidney disease, multiorgan failure, overdoses, opioid use disorder and substance use disorder, and bone marrow transplant complications. The role includes floating to medical-surgical telemetry, with priority given to telemetry assignments, and to the Emergency Department for admission holds only. Weekend coverage is required every other weekend, and holiday coverage is required as needed. The unit does not provide trauma care.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
