Job Summary
Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse position responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting patient care. The role provides direct care, coordinates multidisciplinary services, supervises delegated activities, supports patient and family education, and promotes safe, evidence-based outcomes.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: Current, valid Registered Nurse license in the state of practice, temporary or interim Registered Nurse license in the state of practice, or compact Registered Nurse licensure; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; minimum of one year of experience in an acute care hospital setting, including experience within the past 12 months in the specialty area.
- Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree; professional certification; additional related education or experience.
- Responsibilities: Assess patient needs; develop and revise individualized plans of care; provide direct patient care; coordinate, delegate, and supervise care activities; evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching; document assessments, interventions, outcomes, and physician orders; collaborate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team; participate in education, mentoring, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice.
- Additional Information: Weekend and holiday rotation is required. The position involves frequent standing, walking, bending, squatting, reaching, stretching, patient transfers, use of proper body mechanics, and adherence to standard precautions due to potential exposure to blood and bodily fluids. The role may require lifting up to 75 pounds and effective communication through reading, writing, speaking, and telephone use.
- Assignment Dates: 12/14/2026–03/13/2027.
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
