Registered Nurse / Progressive Care Unit

Job Summary:
Cardiac Telemetry/Step Down Registered Nurse (RN) in a progressive care unit located in Wausau, WI. This role involves providing specialized cardiac care in a fast-paced, high patient turnover environment, focusing on post-operative cardiac patients, arrhythmias, CHF, and other acute cardiac conditions. The position requires resilience, independence, and strong clinical skills in cardiac telemetry and intermediate care settings.

Job Details:

• Schedule: 12-hour days, with shifts from 0700 to 1930, guaranteed 36 hours per week, with potential for low census hours in 4 to 8-hour increments.
• Required Qualifications: WI RN license, BLS, and ACLS certifications; ability to pass EKG test within first week of hire; at least 1 year of recent strong cardiac experience including Cardiac Step Down Unit (SDU), Intermediate Cardiac, or Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (ICU); 2 years of Intermediate Medical/Surgical (IMC), Progressive Care Unit (PCU), or Telemetry experience; experience with Amiodarone, Cardizem, and Nitro drips; EPIC charting experience within the last year; minimum of 2 years of experience as stated; associate degree or certificate required.
• Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor`s degree.
• Additional Information:
  • Float to all inpatient units as needed.
  • Every other weekend and holiday work required.
  • Unit is a 44-bed intermediate cardiac stepdown, with diverse patient populations including post-op CABG, valve surgeries, thoracotomies, vascular cases, arrhythmias, CHF, post-procedure caths, pacers, defibrillators, ablations, acute cardiac events, and med/surg overflow like detox, DKA, COPD exacerbation, resp failure, femoral pop bypass.
  • Typical patient ratio is 1:4.
  • Scrub colors are flexible.
  • During flu season, vaccination compliance is mandatory; masks are required if declining vaccination.

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

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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.