Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Step Down. This position provides care for higher-acuity neuroscience patients, including individuals with strokes, seizures, craniotomies, and epilepsy-related monitoring needs. The role is scheduled for night shifts and requires flexibility for weekend and holiday assignments.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification, at least 2 years of experience, and demonstrated experience caring for stroke patients. Electronic medical record experience is required.
- Preferred Qualifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification and experience caring for patients with external ventricular drains.
- Schedule: Night shifts, three 12-hour shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., totaling 36 hours per week. Weekend and holiday assignments are required as scheduled.
- Additional Information: The position serves patients in an acute step-down setting, with typical nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:3 for step-down patients and 1:5–6 for monitoring patients. Responsibilities may include caring for patients with higher-acuity neurological conditions, managing ordered medication infusions, and collaborating with respiratory therapy and physicians when floor ventilators are used. Floating may occur to comparable step-down units. Unit orientation consists of two shifts.
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
