Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Step Down Unit. This role provides care for post-surgical thoracic and medical patients in an acute care setting. The position requires strong medical-surgical step-down experience, cardiac rhythm interpretation, and titration of medications according to prescribed parameters.
Job Details
- Schedule: Rotating night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications:
- Current nursing license eligible for submission
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Minimum of 2 years of step-down or medical-surgical step-down experience
- Strong cardiac rhythm interpretation and documentation skills
- Ability to titrate medications according to prescribed parameters
- Ability to care for patients requiring cardiac monitoring, tracheostomy care, and BiPAP
- Additional Information:
- Typical nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:3–4.
- Common patient populations include post-surgical thoracic and medical patients.
- Common titratable medications include Cardizem, amiodarone, dopamine, nitroglycerin, esmolol, heparin, and furosemide; vasopressors are not used.
- Nurses interpret and document patient rhythms with assessments every four hours or more frequently during medication titration.
- Weekend scheduling includes three weekend shifts during a four-week schedule.
- Holiday coverage may be required.
- No call or standby call is required.
- Floating is rare.
- Unit orientation consists of three shifts.
- Royal blue scrubs are required.
- Full COVID-19 vaccination is required, subject to approved medical or religious exemption.
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
