Registered Nurse / Step Down Unit

Job Summary
Step Down Unit Nurse Specialist in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This position involves providing specialized patient care on a step-down unit within a healthcare facility. The role requires coordination with a multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient outcomes in a dynamic environment.

Job Details

• Schedule: Dayshift, 12-hour shifts, minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Valid nursing license; BLS (Basic Life Support) certification; ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) certification; up to 1 year of relevant experience; ability to work in Chattanooga, TN.
• Preferred Qualifications: Cardiac knowledge preferred; experience with telemetry and cardiac medication management including Heparin, Cardizem, Dopamine, and Amiodarone drips.
• Additional Information: Responsibilities include documentation of telemetry application and rhythm strips, acknowledging patient rhythms each shift, patient bedside rounding, hourly rounding with 5 Ps, and collaborating with PCTs. The unit emphasizes shared governance and has charge nurses with significant seniority. Dress code dictates navy scrubs for RNs and color-coded uniforms for CNAs/PCTs. Floating to other medical-surgical areas such as general medical-surgical, orthopedic, PCU, or surgical with oncology may be required based on skill needs.

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.