Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit: Provides comprehensive nursing care for patients by assessing needs, developing and implementing individualized care plans, evaluating outcomes, and documenting services in accordance with professional standards. The role coordinates with the healthcare team, supports patient and family education, and promotes safe, effective, and equitable care in a direct patient care environment.
Job Details
- 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 for acute care travel positions, including experience in the specialty area within the past 12 months; ability to maintain clinical competencies appropriate to the practice area.
- Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree; professional certification; additional related education or experience.
- Schedule: Day shift, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Responsibilities: Assess physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge planning needs; develop and revise individualized plans of care; provide direct patient care and coordinate, delegate, and supervise care activities; evaluate patient and family responses to care and education; document assessments, interventions, physician orders, and outcomes accurately and promptly; collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare providers; participate in quality improvement, education, orientation, mentoring, and shared leadership activities.
- Additional Information: Weekend and holiday rotation is required. Float rotation may be required. The role may involve frequent standing, walking, bending, squatting, reaching, stretching, patient transfers, and lifting; standard precautions are required due to potential exposure to blood and bodily fluids.
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
