Step Down Unit RN
Lexington, KY
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Step Down Unit. The position provides care for post-catheterization patients, medical patients requiring telemetry monitoring, and patients with complex cardiac and medical needs. Responsibilities include managing sheaths and TR bands, caring for chest tubes, titrating permitted intravenous drips, and supporting patients requiring respiratory therapies.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Active nursing license required for submission; American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications required; minimum of 2 years of experience required.
• Preferred Qualifications: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) experience preferred.
• Schedule: Night shift, 7:00 p.m.7:00 a.m., 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; every other weekend and holiday rotation required.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: Patient assignments generally range from 1:4 to 1:6 depending on acuity. The role involves caring for post-catheterization patients, managing sheaths and TR bands, caring for chest tubes, providing telemetry-monitored care, reading cardiac strips at least once per shift and with rhythm changes, and managing permitted titratable drips. Patients may require continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure, or high-flow oxygen support. Unit-specific orientation consists of 12 shifts, and Galaxy Blue scrubs are required.

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