Progressive Care Unit RN
Tacoma, WA
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Progressive Care Unit Nights. The position provides care for patients across progressive care, telemetry, medical-surgical, and emergency department holding areas within the scope of practice. The role includes floating between appropriate units and caring for patients with cardiac, respiratory, neurological, surgical, and complex medical conditions.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 1 year of experience; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; strong progressive care and telemetry experience; previous float pool experience; proficiency in intravenous medication titration, cardiac rhythm interpretation, bilevel positive airway pressure management, ostomy care, drains, tracheostomy care, chest tubes, and lumbar drains; experience with EPIC required; Telemetry competency required.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with transradial bands.
• Schedule: Night shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 48 hours per week. Weekend rotation is every other weekend, with occasional consecutive weekends.
• Additional Information: The position floats among progressive care, telemetry, medical-surgical, and emergency department holding areas. Patient populations may include cardiac stepdown, cardiac observation, post-cardiac procedures, trauma, surgical, neurological, respiratory, renal, and general medical-surgical cases. Typical ratios are 1:4 in progressive care and 1:56 in medical-surgical assignments. Responsibilities include hourly rounding, bedside reporting, whiteboard updates, medication safety practices, pain reassessment, and required break compliance. Departmental support includes certified nursing assistants, charge nurses, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, and on-call cardiac and specialty physicians. Orientation includes general, unit, and supplemental unit orientation.

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