Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Medical Surgical Floor. This position provides care for adult and geriatric patients with orthopedic and neurological conditions, including neurosurgical, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and total joint replacement patients. The role requires night-shift coverage, weekend availability, clinical documentation experience, and collaboration with interdisciplinary support services.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; 36- or 48-hour options are available, and weekend coverage is required.
- Required Qualifications:
- At least 1 year of experience
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
- State or compact nursing license in hand at the time of submission
- Recent electronic health record charting experience within the past 6 months
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience caring for orthopedic and neurology patients
- Experience with patient ratios of 5:1
- Experience with cerebrovascular accidents, isolation precautions and personal protective equipment, medical-surgical care, mood disorders, nasal cannula, non-invasive airway management, orthopedic trauma, peripheral line care and management, peripheral nerve block catheters, pre- and post-neurosurgery care, substance withdrawal, total joint replacement, traumatic brain injury, and wound care or wound vac management
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Patient population includes adults and geriatric patients.
- The unit includes 35 beds and a daily census of approximately 30 patients.
- Telemetry is monitored in a centralized unit.
- Support services include physical therapy, respiratory services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, unit secretaries, patient care technicians, and patient transporters.
- Orientation includes 20 hours.
- Required onboarding core items and laboratory requirements must be completed within 48 hours of contract signing.
- All requested time off must be submitted at the time of submission.
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
