Job Summary
Step Down Unit position in a location not specified, providing care to adults in a high-acuity step-down setting. The role supports patients requiring advanced monitoring and interventions, including vasoactive medication titration, sedation medication management, arterial lines, chest tubes, tracheostomy ventilation, and cardiac arrhythmia management.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week, with weekend coverage every other weekend on Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday.
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years of experience
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications
- Previous travel experience
- Recent bedside practice within the past 6 months
- Proficiency with vasoactive medication titration, sedation medication management, insulin drips, arterial lines, external pacemakers, chest tubes, tracheostomy and ventilated patients, cardiac arrhythmias, and noninvasive ventilation
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous charge experience
- Experience with electronic charting systems
- Level II trauma experience
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Adult patient population in a high-acuity step-down unit with an approximate daily census of 25 patients.
- Typical staffing includes respiratory therapy support, with nursing staff expected to troubleshoot ventilator alarms.
- Required equipment and procedures include bilevel positive airway pressure, high-flow oxygen therapy, arterial lines, chest tubes, cardiac telemetry, tracheostomy care, and management of vasoactive infusions.
- Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and unit clerical support.
- Required influenza vaccination, with medical and religious exemptions permitted.
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
