Job Summary
Telemetry – Milwaukee, WI. This position provides nursing care for surgical and medical overflow patients, including orthopedic joint replacements, ear, nose, and throat procedures, spinal procedures, dialysis, wound care, and isolation patients. The role requires strong orthopedic and airway care capabilities, cardiac rhythm interpretation, central line management, and intravenous medication titration.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications; minimum of 2 years of registered nursing experience; tracheostomy and laryngectomy competency; chest tube management; cardiac rhythm interpretation; central line management; intravenous access and blood draws; ability to titrate Cardizem, heparin, insulin, Lasix, and occasionally dobutamine; COVID-19 vaccination required.
- Preferred Qualifications: Charge nurse experience; laryngectomy management; preoperative and postoperative care of orthopedic patients; tracheostomy management; strong orthopedic and airway background.
- Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Additional Information: Patient populations include orthopedic joint replacements, ear, nose, and throat procedures involving artificial airways, new and established tracheostomies and laryngectomies, spinal procedures, medical overflow, dialysis, falls, wound care, isolation, COVID-19, and patients receiving intravenous antibiotics. The assignment includes every-other-weekend rotation, one summer holiday and one winter holiday, no on-call requirement, and at least one orientation shift. Nurses may care for six to eight patients at night and may be required to float to other medical-surgical areas. Support includes charge nursing, hospitalist coverage, respiratory therapy, phlebotomy, intravenous therapy support, centralized telemetry monitoring, unit secretary coverage, and house supervisor coverage. Scrub colors may be any color except camouflage or denim.
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
