Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Post Anesthesia Care Unit. The position provides care for high-acuity, high-volume postoperative patients following a wide range of surgical procedures. Responsibilities include monitoring complex patients, managing advanced lines and drains, and supporting overnight postoperative boarding needs.
Job Details
- Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts with variable start times between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.; minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Assignment Dates: 11/09/2026–02/06/2027.
- Required Qualifications: Familiarity with arterial lines, central lines, vasoactive and sedative infusions, chest tubes, tracheostomies, and ventricular drains.
- Preferred Qualifications: Previous intensive care unit (ICU) and/or high-acuity Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) experience.
- Additional Information: Provides postoperative care for patients following vascular, general, thoracic, gynecologic, neurological, orthopedic, kidney transplant, and pancreaticoduodenectomy procedures. The role includes care for patients requiring ventricular drains, as well as overnight boarding of intensive care unit (ICU), step-down, and medical-surgical patients. Patients requiring intracranial pressure monitoring are transferred directly to the intensive care unit (ICU).
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
