Step Down Unit RN
Prescott, AZ
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Step Down Unit specialty in an acute care setting. The role supports patients across medical-surgical telemetry and progressive care units, including post-procedural, cardiac, orthopedic, and geriatric patients. The clinician must be comfortable interpreting cardiac rhythms, managing titratable infusions, and adapting to assignments across multiple units.

Job Details

• Schedule: 12-hour day shifts, 36 hours per week; scheduling includes every other weekend and holidays according to the regular staff rotation. Flexibility is required, and assignments may be communicated approximately two hours before the shift.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
  • Valid professional license required for submission
  • At least 2 years of experience, including at least 1 year in a progressive care unit setting
• Additional Information:
  • Float pool coverage includes medical-surgical telemetry and progressive care units across two campuses, including inpatients holding in the emergency department.
  • Typical nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:4 in progressive care and 1:56 in medical-surgical telemetry.
  • Patient populations include geriatric, orthopedic, post-myocardial infarction, post-cardiac catheterization, and post-coronary artery bypass graft patients.
  • Clinicians must be comfortable managing titratable heparin, Cardizem, amiodarone, nitroglycerin, dopamine, dobutamine, and insulin infusions.
  • Cardiac rhythm interpretation is required. Progressive care units include bedside monitoring, while monitor technicians support telemetry monitoring.
  • Clinicians may care for patients requiring continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure, and heated high-flow oxygen.
  • A dysrhythmia examination must be passed within two attempts before contract signing, with a minimum score of 80%.
  • Orientation includes an 8-hour general session and unit-specific 12-hour shifts.
  • Solid-color professional scrubs are required; navy scrubs will be implemented according to updated dress guidelines.

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