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

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit. This travel nursing position provides care for adult and geriatric patients in a cardiac progressive care setting. Responsibilities include managing post-cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, cardiac catheterization, myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia, and stroke patients with cardiac involvement.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications:
  • At least 2 years of telemetry experience, including surgical telemetry and open-heart surgery care.
  • Experience with vascular procedures, groin and radial band management, intravenous skills, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, chest tubes, and sternal precautions.
  • Travel experience required.
  • Compact nursing license in hand at submission.
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications required.
  • Electronic medical record experience using Epic required.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Community hospital experience.
  • Experience with ventricular assist devices (VAD) or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient population includes adults and geriatric patients with myocardial infarction, primary arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, heart failure, vascular conditions, and cardiac-related stroke.
  • Care includes pre- and post-open-heart surgery patients, including patients within the first 2428 hours after surgery and those requiring chest tubes and sternal precautions.
  • Additional clinical responsibilities may include blood and blood product administration, cardioversion and defibrillation, epicardial pacemaker management, chest tube setup and care, tracheostomy care, breathing treatments, noninvasive airway management, and telemetry monitoring.
  • Typical staffing is 1 nurse to 4 patients, with assignments potentially increasing to 1 nurse to 5 patients at midnight.
  • Holiday coverage and every-other-weekend participation are required, with flexibility to support unit needs.
  • Two professional references covering one year of experience within the past three years are required during the compliance process.

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