Job Summary
Step Down Unit assignment for a 13-week night-shift position. The role supports patients requiring cardiac monitoring, neurological assessments, post-surgical care, infusion management, and complex step-down nursing interventions. Strong assessment, critical-thinking, resilience, teamwork, and adaptability are essential.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: Current active compact nursing license; American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS); American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS); National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS); associate degree or certificate; minimum of 2 years of registered nurse experience, including 1 full year of step-down experience; at least 1 completed travel assignment; trauma Level II experience; recent EPIC experience; successful completion of required telemetry testing.
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience with stable home ventilators, PleurX drains, pericardial drains, lumbar drains, ventricular-peritoneal shunts, and naloxone infusions.
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information: The assignment runs from 11/16/2026 through 02/14/2027. Clinical responsibilities include telemetry and 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation, initiation and titration of antiarrhythmic, heparin, and insulin infusions, post-surgical assessment and care, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and neurological assessments, and dysphagia screening. Patient populations include cardiac patients following catheterization procedures, patients with pacemakers, behavioral health needs, sepsis, diabetic ketoacidosis, cerebrovascular accidents, continuous positive airway pressure requirements, feeding tubes, postoperative neurosurgical care, gastrointestinal bleeding, and hypothermia management. The role includes three weekends during each six-week schedule and every-other-holiday rotation. Navy blue scrubs are required, without competing health system or agency logos. The clinical setting may require precepting students and new hires.
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
