Job Summary
Registered Nurse (RN), Medical-Surgical With Telemetry. This float position supports adult and geriatric patient care across emergency department, telemetry, and medical-surgical units based on organizational needs. The role may include charge responsibilities involving staffing coordination, bed flow, and general unit coordination.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shift, three 12-hour shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications:
- At least 2 years of nursing experience.
- Previous charge nurse experience required.
- Experience working in the United States required.
- Compact license must be in hand at submission.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications required.
- Experience with required clinical charting systems.
- Experience caring for patient assignments of approximately 4–6 patients.
- Skills in cardiac telemetry, interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, isolation precautions and personal protective equipment, and nasal cannula use.
- Preferred Qualifications: Medical-surgical and telemetry float experience, cardiac step-down experience, and experience supporting varied adult and geriatric patient populations.
- Additional Information:
- Patient assignments may include emergency department-boarded patients, telemetry patients, and medical-surgical patients.
- Patient ratios typically range from 1:4 to 1:6 depending on unit acuity.
- The role may float among units to support operational needs.
- Charge responsibilities may include staffing needs, bed flow, and general coordination on smaller units.
- Interdisciplinary support may include intravenous therapy teams, physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and transportation.
- Orientation includes 24 hours.
- Start date: 12/01/2026.
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
