Progressive Care Unit RN
Beaver Dam, WI
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit (PCU). This travel assignment supports a mixed-acuity unit caring for progressive care, medical-surgical, telemetry, and occasional Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. The role requires strong acute-care nursing skills, telemetry proficiency, and the ability to care for adult and geriatric patients across varying acuity levels.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shift with 12-hour shifts from 6:30 PM to 7:00 AM, totaling 36 hours per week. Weekend rotation, every-other-holiday rotation, and standby call as needed are required. A four-shift schedule may be considered when additional weekends are worked.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Registered Nurse (RN) license
  • At least 2 years of acute-care RN experience in medical-surgical and Progressive Care Unit (PCU) settings within the last 3 years
  • First-time travelers must have at least 3 years of experience in a hybrid unit
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications from the American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Ability to pass a telemetry examination before the assignment begins
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Previous charge nurse experience
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Mixed-acuity unit caring for Progressive Care Unit (PCU), medical-surgical, telemetry, and occasional Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients
  • Patient population includes adults and geriatric patients with medical, cardiac, respiratory, orthopedic, and general surgical conditions
  • Responsibilities include telemetry monitoring, management of cardiac and vasoactive infusions, ventilator care, central-line care, chest-tube management, wound care, neurological assessments, and care for patients requiring tracheostomies and feeding tubes
  • Bedside Shift Reporting (BSSR), utilization of AIDET, and hourly rounding are required
  • Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid-response teams, and unit-secretary support

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