Job Summary
Step Down Unit nursing position with a night schedule in a location not specified in the available information. The role provides care for higher-acuity neuroscience patients, including individuals recovering from strokes, seizures, craniotomies, and other neurological conditions. The assignment requires strong neurological nursing experience, stroke-care experience, and the ability to work weekends and holidays as scheduled.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts, three 12-hour shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Weekend and holiday coverage is required as scheduled.
- Required Qualifications:
- Registered Nurse with at least 2 years of experience.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification or competency, available at submission.
- Strong neurological nursing experience, including care of stroke patients and implementation of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS).
- Electronic medical record experience using EPIC.
- Current nursing license available for submission.
- Full COVID vaccination or an approved medical or religious exemption.
- Preferred Qualifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification and experience caring for patients with external ventricular drains (EVDs).
- Additional Information:
- The unit provides step-down and epilepsy monitoring care for higher-acuity neuroscience patients.
- Common patient populations include stroke, seizures, epilepsy monitoring, craniotomy, and post-thrombolytic therapy care.
- Nurses may care for patients receiving physician-ordered medication infusions, including amiodarone, Cardizem, nitroglycerin, dopamine, Nipride, ketamine, furosemide, bumetanide, and insulin.
- Respiratory therapy is available around the clock, and nurses are not required to have ventilator experience.
- Telemetry monitoring is available, with monitor technicians supporting the unit.
- Unit orientation consists of two shifts.
- 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
