Job Summary
Registered Nurse – Step Down Unit. This role provides care for patients with complex cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, and postoperative conditions in an acute care setting. The position includes rotating 12-hour day and night shifts, cardiac monitoring, medication titration, and collaboration with interdisciplinary clinical teams.
Job Details
- Schedule: Rotating 12-hour day and night shifts, averaging 36 hours per week. Self-scheduling is available through a scheduling committee, with blocked scheduling open for discussion. Weekend assignments average every other weekend, and holiday assignments follow the permanent staff rotation.
- Required Qualifications:
- Active nursing license required for submission
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Minimum of 2 years of experience
- Additional Information:
- Provides care for patients with bradycardia, atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular disease, pulmonary embolism, cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack, and postoperative thoracic and cardiac conditions.
- Experience with epicardial pacing and chest tubes is required.
- Registered Nurses titrate medications according to ordered parameters, including Cardizem, amiodarone, procainamide, dopamine, dobutamine, heparin, and insulin when indicated.
- Patient assignments generally range from four to six patients per nurse.
- The charge nurse maintains a full patient assignment, and nursing supervisor coverage is available around the clock.
- Respiratory therapy support is available around the clock. Ventilators and continuous bilevel positive airway pressure are not used; continuous positive airway pressure and Airvo are available.
- Registered Nurses are not required to interpret their own cardiac rhythm strips; monitoring technicians complete interpretation and documentation.
- A preceptor-led orientation is provided for the 12-hour shifts.
- Intravenous therapy specialists perform intravenous access procedures.
- Staff wear navy blue uniforms and may not wear artificial nails.
- No call or standby requirement is listed.
- Charting is completed in Allscripts.
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
