Job Summary
Registered Nurse – Telemetry – Long Beach, California. The Registered Nurse provides care for adult and geriatric patients in a cardiac telemetry and medical-surgical setting. The role requires strong cardiac telemetry experience, interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, and participation in a rotating float assignment.
Job Details
- Schedule: Four 12-hour night shifts, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with a minimum of 48 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications:
- Two years of experience in cardiac telemetry and medical-surgical telemetry.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
- Onsite electrocardiogram (EKG) test.
- California nursing license in hand.
- Required electronic charting experience using EPIC.
- Experience caring for adult and geriatric patients.
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Float assignments may include medical-surgical and emergency department holding areas based on census.
- Patient ratios are 1:4 on days, nights, and weekends.
- Weekend coverage is required every other weekend, with additional weekend shifts as needed.
- The unit supports cardiac telemetry monitoring, dysrhythmia management, cardiac drips without titration, vasoactive drips without titration, pacemaker care, post-cardiac procedure care, chest tubes, central lines, blood products, hemodialysis management, wound care, and noninvasive airway management.
- Patient care includes telemetry, continuous bladder irrigation, insulin and heparin protocols, intravenous therapy, high-flow nasal cannula, arterial blood gas interpretation, isolation precautions, and rapid response or code team participation.
- Orientation includes 12 hours, with electronic charting system training incorporated as applicable.
- Influenza vaccination is required; medical and religious exemptions are accepted. COVID-19 vaccination is not required.
- One professional reference from within the past two years is required.
- Navy blue or solid-color scrubs are required.
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
