Progressive Care Unit RN
Tacoma, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Progressive Care Unit position offering a night-shift travel assignment supporting patients across progressive care, telemetry, medical-surgical, and emergency department holding areas. The role provides care for medically complex patients, including those with respiratory compromise, sepsis, cardiac conditions, neurological diagnoses, trauma, and post-procedural needs.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), telemetry competency, and a minimum of 1 year of experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Progressive care, telemetry, and previous float pool experience; experience with transradial bands.
• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, minimum 36 hours per week; every-other-weekend rotation may be required; no on-call requirement.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Assignment Dates: 01/25/202704/24/2027.
• Clinical Responsibilities: Provide care for patients with respiratory compromise, sepsis, renal failure, bleeding disorders, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, orthopedic conditions, strokes, cardiac observation needs, post-cardiac procedures, pacemakers, ablations, and chest pain.
• Patient Ratios: Progressive care ratios of 1:4 and medical-surgical ratios of 1:56.
• Required Skills: Intravenous medication titration, cardiac rhythm interpretation, bilevel positive airway pressure management, ostomy care, drain management, tracheostomy care, chest tube management, and lumbar drain care.
• Operational Expectations: Complete and document hourly rounding, provide bedside reports, maintain required patient-care documentation, and follow medication-storage and medication-wasting procedures.

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