Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Floor. The role provides care for adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a medical-surgical setting with a typical 1:6 patient ratio. Responsibilities include supporting observation and inpatient care, initiating intravenous access, managing telemetry and respiratory needs, and floating between two medical-surgical units as required.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week; three shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, including every other weekend.
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum 1 year of medical-surgical nursing experience
- Current Illinois nursing license or active application in process
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Experience starting and maintaining intravenous lines
- Ability to provide care for adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Experience with Cerner charting
- Teaching healthcare setting experience
- Community healthcare setting experience
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Patient assignments are typically 1:6 on days, nights, and weekends.
- Nursing staff may float between observation and inpatient medical-surgical units.
- Clinical responsibilities include telemetry monitoring, dysrhythmia management, oxygen therapy, wound care, postoperative orthopedic care, renal and dialysis-related care, chest tube management, feeding tube care, and tracheostomy care.
- Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, pharmacy, and unit secretary support.
- First-time travelers are accepted.
- On-call coverage is not required.
- Flu vaccination is required, with medical or religious exemptions permitted.
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
