Progressive Care Unit RN
Hendersonville, NC
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit. The Clinical Nurse coordinates and delivers patient care using the nursing process in an intermediate-acuity telemetry setting. The role supports patients with complex cardiovascular and medical conditions requiring continuous monitoring, advanced nursing care, titratable infusions, high-flow oxygen support, and prompt recognition of clinical changes.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts from 6:45 p.m. to 7:15 a.m., with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Current Registered Nurse licensure in North Carolina or a compact state
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
  • National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
  • Completion of the basic arrhythmia examination for the Progressive Care Unit within 7 days of position acceptance
  • Experience with the EPIC electronic medical record system
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • One year of experience in a Registered Nurse role within an acute-care or inpatient setting
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care for patients with acute coronary syndromes, decompensated heart failure, post-cardiac catheterization needs, arrhythmias requiring titratable antiarrhythmics, vasoactive infusions, and high-flow oxygen support.
  • Interprets cardiac rhythms and recognizes subtle clinical changes in patients requiring continuous monitoring.
  • Coordinates care with physicians and interdisciplinary teams while assessing physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and discharge-planning needs.
  • Documents care plans, nursing interventions, patient responses, and expected outcomes.
  • Promotes infection prevention, patient safety, cultural competency, active listening, and patient and family advocacy.
  • Participation in every-other-weekend coverage and rotating holidays is required.

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