Registered Nurse / Telemetry

Job Summary Registered Nurse, Telemetry. The Clinical Nurse provides safe, competent, and high-quality care to patients on a medical-surgical and telemetry unit. Responsibilities include patient assessment, care planning, interdisciplinary collaboration, patient and caregiver education, clinical documentation, quality improvement, and support of safe patient-centered care. Job Details

• Schedule: Day shift, 11.5 hours per shift, with a minimum of 34.5 hours per week; every other weekend required.
• Required Qualifications: New York State Registered Nurse license; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification; minimum of two years of Registered Nurse experience, including telemetry and critical care experience; ventilator experience; ability to apply the nursing process, patient care management, assessment and intervention skills, evidence-based practice, critical thinking, effective professional communication, and active listening.
• Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); Associate Degree in Nursing may be considered with relevant experience and/or active enrollment in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program; Electronic medical record experience.
• Additional Information:
• Provides care through assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, patient education, discharge planning, and delegation.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
• Promotes patient-centered care, therapeutic relationships, cultural sensitivity, patient safety, and quality improvement.
• Performs accurate clinical documentation in accordance with regulatory, legal, and professional standards.
• May perform charge nurse duties and support patient throughput, resource coordination, and unit operations.
• Participates in nursing research, evidence-based practice activities, shared decision-making, professional development, and continuous learning.

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