Registered Nurse / Telemetry

Job Summary Telemetry - Bowling Green, KY. The position provides nursing care for telemetry patients in a 36-bed unit with remote cardiac monitoring and variable patient ratios. Responsibilities include monitoring cardiac patients, supporting procedures, and maintaining safe, patient-centered care practices. Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Telemetry experience; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; knowledge of chest tubes; dysthymia training.
• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; every-other-weekend scheduling is required.
• Additional Information: The unit cares for telemetry patients with typical ratios of 4:1 with cardiac catheterization recovery and up to 6:1, with occasional higher census demands. Clinical procedures include chest tube insertions, bedside paracentesis, and thoracentesis. Equipment includes remote telemetry monitors and Alaris pumps. Required attire consists of scrubs, excluding camouflage patterns.

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