Job Summary
Registered Nurse (RN), Medical-Surgical Floor. The position provides direct care to adult patients in a high-turnover surgical unit, including patients with colorectal, genitourinary, oncology, and medical overflow diagnoses. The role requires strong intravenous therapy, telemetry, dysrhythmia management, and teamwork skills.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: Two years of registered nursing experience; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; travel experience; experience caring for 4–6 patients; medical-surgical nursing; telemetry with remote monitoring; colostomy and ileostomy care; continuous bladder irrigation (CBI); feeding tube care and management; blood product administration; central-line blood draws; peripheral-line care and management; phlebotomy; peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line management; starting and maintaining intravenous lines; heparin and insulin administration; patient-controlled analgesia (PCA); interpretation and management of dysrhythmias; and electronic medical record system experience, including Epic.
- Schedule: Night shifts, 12-hour shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with 36 hours per week; the first week includes day-shift hours from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; every other weekend required.
- Additional Information: The position serves adult patients with ostomies, colon resections, colon cancer, bladder cancer, genitourinary conditions, and medical overflow needs. Clinical responsibilities may include care for patients receiving heparin, lidocaine for pain management, bicarbonate, bivalirudin, and stable, non-titrated amiodarone infusions, as well as epidurals, continuous bladder irrigation, urinary catheter care, transurethral resection of the prostate care, and colorectal care protocols. A centralized telemetry system is used, and the clinician must pass an electrocardiogram (EKG) examination.
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
