Registered Nurse / Step Down Unit

Job Summary Step Down Unit Registered Nurse (RN) – Location: Not specified. This role involves providing specialized nursing care across inpatient units, including ICU, step-down, and medical/surgical units, based on competency. The position requires delivering high-quality patient care in an acute setting, with a focus on patients with cardiac, ortho/neuro, surgical, and medical conditions. Job Details

• Certifications, Education Requirements, Degree Requirements, Location Requirements, and Years of Experience: BLS (American Heart Association), ACLS (American Heart Association); minimum of 2 years of experience; no specific location requirement; total experience required: 0 years.
• Schedule: 12-hour shifts, days and evenings, with a minimum of 48 hours per week.
• Responsibilities include monitoring patients on ventilators (Cpap and BiPap), reading strip monitors with monitor tech support, and managing titratable or set-rate drips such as Heparin, Cardizem, insulin, and others, primarily in step-down areas.
• Equipment includes Cpap and BiPap on all units; vents in ICU.
• The unit operates with a charge nurse/house supervisor system, providing free charge day shifts Monday through Friday, with 24/7 house supervisor coverage.
• Nurses are assigned via daily staff calls, with a float pool of nine nurses and a strong PCT float team.
• Scrub color for shifts is royal blue.
• Unit-specific orientation lasts 3-4 shifts.
• Shift notes: 12-hour shifts, weekends as scheduled, with a 48-hour guarantee.
• Charting system: EPIC.
• BSN required; license to submit required.
• Trauma level: Not specified.
• No call required; standby possible during low census.
• No float requirement explicitly noted beyond float pool provisions.
• Cancellation policy allows client to cancel two shifts per 13-week assignment and one shift for shorter assignments.

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