Registered Nurse / Telemetry

Job Summary Registered Nurse, Telemetry. This travel assignment provides adult telemetry nursing care in a short-term acute care setting. The role includes day shifts, cardiac monitoring, management of complex medical-surgical patients, and collaboration with interdisciplinary care teams. Job Details

• Schedule: Day shift with 12-hour shifts and a minimum of 36 hours per week; weekends are required every other weekend.
• Required Qualifications: At least one year of registered nursing experience in acute care and medical-surgical nursing; compact state license in hand at submission; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; required charting system experience; ability to care for a typical patient ratio of 1:4.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
• Provides care to adult patients with conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sepsis, interstitial lung disease, acute myocardial infarction, postoperative thoracic surgery needs, and pneumonia.
• Performs cardiac telemetry monitoring, interpretation of dysrhythmias, cardiac drip management without titration, and care following myocardial infarction, cardiac catheterization, cardiac surgery, and cardiac angiography.
• Manages ventilated patients, noninvasive airways, tracheostomies, chest tubes, feeding tubes, central lines, peripherally inserted central catheters, wound vacuums, and high-flow nasal cannula therapy.
• Administers blood products, manages bilevel positive airway pressure and continuous positive airway pressure, interprets arterial blood gases, and follows intravenous insulin protocols.
• Collaborates with intravenous therapy, physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and transportation departments.
• Two pre-approved days off and 12 hours of orientation are available.

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