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

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit. This travel assignment supports adult and geriatric patients in a cardiac progressive care setting, including post-operative cardiac, vascular, telemetry, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke-related care. The role requires strong telemetry assessment, post-open-heart care, intravenous skills, and flexibility to float to like units.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; every other weekend is required.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Registered Nurse with an active compact license in hand at submission
  • Minimum of 2 years of telemetry experience, including surgical telemetry
  • Open-heart surgery and vascular surgery experience
  • Experience with radial compression band management, intravenous skills, dysrhythmia interpretation, and cardiac patient care
  • Required certifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
  • Epic experience is required
  • Previous travel experience is required
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Community hospital experience
  • Experience with a ventricular assist device, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and other structural heart procedures
• 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 stroke with cardiac involvement.
  • Care responsibilities include pre- and post-open-heart surgery management, pre- and post-cardiac catheterization care, chest tube care, sternal precautions, blood and blood product administration, cardioversion, defibrillation, and epicardial pacer management.
  • Additional clinical skills include noninvasive airway management, tracheostomy care, continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure, respiratory treatments, telemetry monitoring, cardiac drip management, insulin protocols, central line care, and surgical drain care.
  • Typical staffing is four patients per nurse for telemetry and three patients per nurse for high-acuity and special procedures.
  • Open-heart patients may be cared for within the first several days after surgery and may still have chest tubes and sternal precautions.

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