Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit. The role supports high-acuity patients in a medical step-down setting serving individuals with sepsis, respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, liver failure, and diabetic ketoacidosis. The position requires advanced monitoring and management skills, including dysrhythmia management, ventilator care, arterial lines, drip titration, high-flow nasal cannula, tracheostomies, and gastrostomy tubes.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week. Weekend coverage is required every other weekend, holidays are required as needed, and two on-call shifts are scheduled per six-week period.
- Required Qualifications: Current Registered Nurse license; at least 2 years of current nursing experience; experience in a Progressive Care Unit or Intermediate Care Unit setting; experience caring for high-acuity patients, including patients receiving ventilator support, arterial lines, drip titration, high-flow nasal cannula, tracheostomies, and gastrostomy tubes; dysrhythmia management experience; current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Preferred Qualifications: One to two completed travel assignments; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
- Additional Information: The 21-bed medical step-down unit primarily serves patients with sepsis, respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, liver failure, and diabetic ketoacidosis. The typical nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:3. Attendance at central nursing orientation is required.
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
