Travel Step Down Unit RN - $2,125 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Stepdown
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/19/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary:
The healthcare professional specializing in Step Down Unit nursing at the nights shift is responsible for providing high-acuity patient care in a critical care step-down setting. This role involves managing clients with complex medical conditions, titrating vasopressors, sedation medication, and other advanced procedures, ensuring safety and compliance with hospital protocols.

Job Details:

• Schedule: Nights shift, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Valid license in applicable state(s), ACLS, BLS, and NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification. A minimum of 2 years of hospital experience in a step-down or high-acuity medical-surgical setting required; candidates should have recent bedside experience within the last 6 months.
• Preferred Qualifications: Prior experience with arterial line management, cardiac telemetry, ventilated patients, chest tubes, and managing vasoactive drips. Experience with EPIC charting system preferred.
• Float: Float to floors with lower acuity may be required within scope of practice.
• Additional Information: Must have proficiency with titration of vasopressors (Levophed, Nicardipine), sedation medications, art lines, trach vents, chest tubes, and external pacemakers. Prior ICU or step-down experience is highly preferred, with emphasis on managing complex patients utilizing advanced procedures and equipment such as Bipap, OptiFlow, and arterial lines. Must have been at the bedside within the last 6 months. Candidates should be able to handle high-acuity clinical procedures as described.

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

Cross Country Job ID #1312643. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse / Step Down Unit

About Cross Country Nurses

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus