Registered Nurse / Step Down Unit

Job Summary:
Step Down Unit Registered Nurse (RN) position is located in an acute care setting with a focus on managing patients with intermediate care needs. The role involves providing specialized nursing care to patients experiencing various conditions such as chest pain, arrhythmias, and post-procedure recovery, with a day-to-night rotating schedule. The position requires flexibility to float within the hospitals telemetry and medical-surgical units, ensuring seamless patient care coverage.

Job Details:

• Schedule: 12-hour shifts, rotation between day and night shifts from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm or 7:00 pm to 7:00 am; minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Valid license to submit; willingness to wait for licensure; ACLS, BLS certification, NIHSS; minimum of 2 years of experience in relevant unit; location requirement: must be within a 50-mile radius.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with cardiac monitoring and IV titration; familiarity with hospitalist or intensivist models.
• Float: Float rotation may be required into telemetry or medical-surgical units with ratios up to 1:6, possibly 1:7 in medical-surgical units.
• Additional Information: The role involves responding to emergent patient needs, interpreting telemetry strips, titrating drips such as Amiodarone, Cardizem, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Labetolol, Nitro, and Heparin. RN staff will manage respiratory equipment including high flow and Bipap devices, and work in an environment with hospitalist and intensivist coverage 24/7. Self-scheduling is allowed with the consideration of unit needs; staff must be prepared to work holidays if required.

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

Other

As one of the leading suppliers of travel healthcare professionals and a Best of Staffing® Talent Award winner, Cross Country Nurses offers thousands of opportunities for healthcare professionals across the country. We have relationships with more than 2,500 healthcare facilities nationwide and offer excellent compensation and one of the most comprehensive benefits packages in the industry. Have the freedom to decide where you want to work and take your career where you want it to go when you travel with us.