Job Summary
Registered Nurse — Step Down Unit. The role provides care for patients with complex medical, respiratory, neurological, surgical, and cardiac conditions in an inpatient acute-care setting. The position requires strong telemetry interpretation skills, chest tube management, and the ability to care for patients requiring a range of interventions and treatments.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts consisting of three 12-hour shifts per week, totaling a minimum of 36 hours per week, with rotating nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years of registered nursing experience.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).
- National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
- Ability to interpret telemetry readings.
- Competency caring for patients with chest tubes.
- Additional Information:
- Provides care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, diabetes, sepsis, renal conditions, diabetic ketoacidosis, alcohol withdrawal, overdoses, pneumonia, and other respiratory conditions.
- Supports patients with neurological, surgical, and cardiac conditions, including those requiring bilevel positive airway pressure, continuous positive airway pressure, tracheostomies, nasogastric tubes, peripherally inserted central catheters, central lines, ablation or catheterization laboratory procedures, and dialysis.
- Uses electronic medical record charting and medication-dispensing systems.
- Assignments may include general medical floors or the intensive care unit based on demonstrated competency and level of care.
- Patient assignments may range from two patients in the intensive care unit to five or six patients on general medical floors.
- The unit is an inpatient acute-care setting with an orientation consisting of one day with the education team and one day of floor orientation.
- Scrubs of any color are permitted.
- Weekend and holiday participation is included in the rotation.
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
