Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Step Down Unit — Nights. This 13-week assignment supports patients requiring cardiac monitoring, post-surgical care, neurological assessments, and management of complex medical conditions. The role requires strong assessment and critical-thinking skills in a collaborative step-down setting.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: Associate degree or certificate; current active compact nursing license; American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS); AHA Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS); National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; at least 2 years of registered nurse experience, including 1 full year of step-down experience; 1 completed travel assignment; and trauma level II experience.
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience with stable home ventilators, PleurX drains, pericardial drains, lumbar drains, ventriculoperitoneal shunts, and naloxone drips. Strong assessment, critical-thinking, resilience, adaptability, and teamwork skills are preferred.
- Schedule: Night shifts lasting 12 hours, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Weekend rotation includes three weekends every six weeks, with every-other-holiday rotation.
- Additional Information: Clinical responsibilities include telemetry and 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation, titration of antiarrhythmic, heparin, and insulin infusions, post-surgical assessment and care, neurological assessments, dysphagia screening, and care for patients with cardiac conditions, sepsis, diabetic ketoacidosis, cerebrovascular accidents, continuous positive airway pressure needs, feeding tubes, postoperative craniotomy care, gastrointestinal bleeding, and hypothermia requiring warming therapy. A telemetry competency assessment is required. The role may include precepting students and newly hired staff. Navy blue scrubs are required without competing healthcare system or agency logos.
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
