Registered Nurse / Step Down Unit

Job Summary:
Step Down Unit registered nurse (RN) position is located in an acute care facilitys intermediate care unit. The role involves delivering high-quality patient care for patients transitioning from intensive care, managing conditions such as arrhythmias, chest pain, and post-procedure care. This position requires working night shifts and participating in a flexible, self-scheduled rotation, with a focus on safety and clinical acuity.

Job Details:

• Schedule: 12-hour night shifts with a minimum of 36 hours per week. The schedule includes rotating weekends; staff are expected to work four weekend nights or days per schedule cycle.
• Required Qualifications: Active License to Submit, willingness to wait for license processing, certifications in ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, with at least 2 years of clinical experience in a comparable setting.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience working within a step-down or intermediate care environment; familiarity with critical care monitoring and titration of drips such as Amiodarone and Heparin; ability to read and interpret electrocardiogram strips and use tele monitoring equipment.
• Additional Information: Staff will work in units with a patient ratio targeting 1:4, but often up to 1:6 or 1:7 in float scenarios. The unit manages patients with diagnoses including chest pain, arrhythmias, and post-procedure status, with support from in-house hospitalist, intensivist, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, and IV teams available 24/7. Training includes orientation with preceptors, and staff may be required to float into medical-surgical units as needed.

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.