Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Long Term Acute Care. The role supports respiratory-focused and ventilator-dependent patients across specialized medical, respiratory, rehabilitation, and chronic-care units. The position involves floating based on weekly operational needs and performing complex clinical procedures in a medically focused environment.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shift from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM; 12-hour shifts with a minimum of 48 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse with 1–2 years of experience and prior travel experience. Must be willing to obtain an influenza vaccination or provide a medical declination that is not personal or religious.
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience caring for respiratory or ventilator-dependent patients is strongly preferred.
- Additional Information:
- Supports respiratory-focused and ventilator-dependent patients in respiratory care and respiratory step-down units.
- May float to medically complex rehabilitation, cardiac-monitoring, traumatic brain injury, chronic-care, medical, rehabilitation, and respiratory units based on weekly need.
- Respiratory therapists manage ventilators; nursing responsibilities include intravenous starts, medication drips, blood administration, electrocardiograms (EKGs), medication titration, glucose monitoring, wound-vac changes, wound care, tracheostomy care, suctioning, catheter care, port access, central-line dressing changes, and wound measurements.
- Pediatric assignments are not expected unless the Registered Nurse has pediatric-specific qualifications.
- Orientation is held every Monday.
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
