Job Summary
Registered Nurse (RN), Progressive Care Unit (PCU), location not provided. This travel assignment is for a Progressive Care Unit nurse supporting adult and geriatric patients in a stepdown setting. The role requires the ability to manage and titrate cardiac and vasoactive drips, with an assignment scheduled from 11/30/2026 through 03/01/2027.
Job Details
- Schedule: Nights, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week; every other weekend required.
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 1 year of nursing experience.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications.
- Compact nursing license in hand at submission.
- Progressive Care Unit, stepdown, or comparable experience.
- Cardiac drip experience, including the ability to manage and titrate cardiac and vasoactive drips.
- Experience with cardiac telemetry, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, central lines, chest tubes, blood products, high-flow oxygen therapy, noninvasive airway management, arterial blood gas interpretation, heparin protocols, insulin drips, telemetry monitoring, post-cardiac procedures, and rapid response or code teams.
- Experience using the required electronic charting system.
- Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience.
- Additional Information:
- Patient population includes adults and geriatric patients.
- Typical assignment ratios are 1:4–5.
- Travelers may be assigned to telemetry or medical-surgical units when overstaffing occurs.
- Electronic charting is required.
- One holiday request may be selected between Thanksgiving and Christmas; holiday coverage is required for three of five designated holidays.
- No on-call requirement.
- A 12-hour orientation is provided.
- Support services include intravenous therapy, physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretarial support.
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
