Job Summary
Step Down Unit — Night-shift registered nursing position supporting patients with cardiology, heart failure, cardiac surgery, medicine, and hospitalist-related conditions in an acute care setting. The role provides care for stepdown and floor patients, including management of titratable intravenous medications and cardiac monitoring.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; rotating weekends and holidays are required.
- Required Qualifications:
- Current nursing license; license submission is required.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).
- National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
- Stepdown and medical-surgical/telemetry experience.
- Experience with EPIC.
- Preferred Qualifications: Cardiac nursing experience.
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Patient assignments include stepdown ratios of approximately 1:3 and floor ratios of approximately 1:5 or 1:6.
- Responsibilities include titration of heparin, insulin, nitroglycerin, Cardizem, nicardipine, Lasix, amiodarone, and dobutamine infusions.
- 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 scheduling includes Saturday and Sunday shifts, along with designated Friday and Monday shifts during the schedule period.
- Holiday coverage includes one holiday eve and one holiday day.
- No call or standby requirement is listed.
- Royal blue scrubs are required.
- Unit-specific orientation is provided.
- Cancellation provisions may apply during the assignment.
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
