Job Summary
Registered Nurse (RN), Step Down Unit — Nights. This 13-week travel assignment supports a 16-bed step-down unit caring for patients with cardiac conditions, sepsis, diabetic ketoacidosis, cerebrovascular accidents, neurological conditions, and other complex medical needs. The role requires strong assessment, critical-thinking, telemetry interpretation, and progressive-care nursing skills.
Job Details
- Schedule: 12-hour night shifts from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., with a minimum of 36 hours per week. The assignment is scheduled to begin 11/16/2026 or 11/23/2026 and includes bi-weekly orientation.
- Required Qualifications:
- Current active compact nursing license
- Associate degree or certificate
- American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
- Minimum of 2 years of registered nurse (RN) experience
- At least 1 full year of step-down experience
- At least 1 travel assignment
- Level II trauma experience
- Recent EPIC charting 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 drips
- Strong assessment and critical-thinking skills
- Resilience, adaptability, and effective teamwork
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Patient populations include cardiac patients following catheterization, stent placement, or other interventions; patients requiring continuous intravenous medication withdrawal assessment; sepsis; diabetic ketoacidosis; cerebrovascular accidents; continuous positive airway pressure; feeding tubes; postoperative craniotomy care; gastrointestinal bleeding; and temperature-management interventions.
- Clinical responsibilities include telemetry and 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation, initiation and titration of antiarrhythmic, heparin, and insulin infusions, postsurgical assessment and care, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and neurological assessments, and dysphagia screening.
- The unit has 16 beds with typical nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:3–4 on days and nights, with a 1:5 ratio for medical-surgical assignments.
- Three weekends are scheduled within each six-week period, along with every other holiday.
- Navy blue scrubs are required; competing healthcare system or agency logos are not permitted.
- The role may include precepting students and newly hired staff in a teaching environment.
- Current COVID-19 vaccination is not required and remains subject to change.
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
