Job Summary
Step Down Nurse – Step Down Unit – Flexible Location
This role involves providing specialized care on a step down unit within an acute care setting. The nurse will be responsible for managing patients transitioning from intensive care, with an emphasis on post-procedural recovery, cardiac patients, and geriatric populations.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: Certifications: ACLS, BLS; Education Requirements: RN license; Experience: at least 2 years in a step down or similar acute care setting; Location Requirements: must be licensed in the state of assignment; Schedule: 12-hour shifts, days, minimum 36 hours per week.
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience managing titratable drips such as Heparin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Nitro, Dopamine, Dobutamine, and Insulin; familiarity with Electronic Fetal Heart Monitoring (EFM) is advantageous.
- Additional Information: The role involves working on a float pool covering MedSurg Tele and PCU units across two campuses, supporting inpatients including post-cardiac intervention patients and geriatric populations. The unit's nurse-patient ratios are 1:4 in PCU and 1:5-6 in MedSurg Tele. The unit utilizes nurse aids, monitor techs, and advanced equipment like CPAP and BiPAP machines. Flexibility with schedule and location, along with proficiency in interpreting strips and managing drips, are required. Orientation includes general hospital training plus unit-specific shifts.
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
