Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit, Bangor, ME. Provides care for intermediate-acuity cardiac, medical, postoperative, trauma, and neurological patients in a Level II Trauma Center environment. The role requires expertise in progressive care nursing, complex respiratory support, neurological assessments, cardiac monitoring, and management of patients with multiple acute conditions.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Weekend rotation is every other weekend.
- Required Qualifications:
- Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
- Progressive Care Unit (PCU) or intermediate-level care experience: 1 year required; candidates with primarily medical-surgical experience and some progressive care experience require 2 years
- Experience caring for tracheostomy patients receiving ventilator support, including tracheostomy care, suctioning, and administration of 100% fraction of inspired oxygen
- Experience with stroke patients, neurological checks every two hours, high-flow oxygen, bilevel positive airway pressure, chest tubes, wound vacuum dressing changes, non-titrating vasoactive or antiarrhythmic infusions, cardiac rhythm interpretation, temporary pacemakers, transradial compression bands, post-femoral sheath care, insulin infusions, drains, ostomies, and intravenous starts
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience with stable craniotomy patients, cardiac catheterization recovery, ablation recovery, transcatheter aortic valve replacement recovery, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, sepsis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, alcohol withdrawal, intravenous drug-associated conditions, pneumonia, and respiratory failure
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information: Patient assignments include cardiac, medical, postoperative general surgery, trauma, and neurological patients. The role may include caring for patients with tracheostomies and ventilators, stroke, sepsis, respiratory failure, and complex cardiac conditions. Respiratory therapy, hospitalist, trauma surgery, physical therapy, occupational therapy, intravenous therapy, and vascular access support are available. Orientation includes general organizational orientation followed by one day on the unit. Professional scrub attire 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
