Job Summary
Step Down Unit: This acute-care nursing assignment supports patients with cardiology, heart failure, cardiac surgery, medical-surgical, and hospitalist needs. The role requires step-down and medical-surgical/telemetry experience, electronic health record experience with EPIC, and the ability to manage titratable intravenous medications.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shift, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 48 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: At least 1 year of nursing experience; current nursing licensure required; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) (AHA), Basic Life Support (BLS) (AHA), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; step-down and medical-surgical/telemetry experience; EPIC experience; ability to titrate medications including heparin, insulin, nitroglycerin, Cardizem, nicardipine, furosemide, amiodarone, and dobutamine.
- Preferred Qualifications: Cardiac nursing experience.
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Patient populations include cardiology, heart failure, cardiac surgery, medical-surgical, and hospitalist patients.
- Typical nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:3 for step-down patients and 1:5 to 1:6 for floor patients.
- Respiratory support may include nasal cannula, continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure, high-flow nasal cannula, and tracheostomy ventilation.
- Self-scheduling and block scheduling may be available.
- Weekend coverage includes three to four Saturday and Sunday shifts, two Fridays, and two Mondays during a four-week schedule period.
- Holiday coverage includes one holiday eve and one holiday day.
- No call or standby requirement is listed.
- Unit-specific orientation is provided.
- Royal blue scrubs are required.
- The assignment is scheduled from 11/23/2026 through 02/22/2027.
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
