Registered Nurse / Step Down Unit

Job Summary:
The Step Down Unit Nurse position is located in Evansville, Indiana. This role involves providing care for post-procedure cardiac, neuro, and sepsis patients during night shifts in a 19-bed blended unit. The position emphasizes critical thinking, comprehensive assessments, and the ability to manage complex patient populations.

Job Details:

• Schedule: 12-hour night shifts from 6:30 PM to 7:00 AM, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Must have a current active compact license, AHA Basic Life Support (BLS), AHA Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), NIHSS certification, and at least 2 solid years of experience in a Stepdown Unit, or 5 years of solid Stepdown experience if no travel experience. Recent EPIC charting experience required, with a checkoff class needed.
• Preferred Qualifications: Strong neuro assessments, interpretation of tele/12-lead EKGs, and experience with post-heart cath care, titrating drips (e.g., Cardizem, Amio, nitro, insulin, Heparin), sepsis care, chest tubes, and PIV insertion.
• Float: Float within skillset; first to float within the same campus, with potential to float to nearby campuses with a two-hour notice.
• Additional Information: The unit has 19 beds, with 8 designated stepdown beds. Nurse to patient ratios are 1:5-6 during days and 1:4 during nights. The unit is a teaching hospital, potentially requiring preceptorship of students and new hires. Navy blue scrubs are required with no competing logos. The assignment includes holiday rotation and adherence to call-in policies.

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.