Job Summary
Clinical Nurse, Telemetry — The Clinical Nurse provides safe, competent, quality care to assigned patients and their significant others on a medical-surgical and telemetry unit. The role applies the nursing process, evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, patient education, and quality and safety principles to support positive clinical outcomes.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shift, 7:00 PM–7:30 AM, 11.5-hour shifts, 34.5 hours per week; weekends and every other weekend are required.
- Required Qualifications: New York State Registered Nurse (RN) license; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification; minimum of 2 years of Registered Nurse experience; minimum of 2 years of telemetry and critical care experience; 1 year of travel nursing experience for travel positions; Associate Degree in Nursing may be considered with relevant experience and/or active enrollment in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
- Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree; EPIC experience.
- Additional Information:
- Provides patient-centered care through assessment, care planning, intervention, evaluation, and ongoing documentation.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to coordinate care and support patient transitions.
- Educates patients and caregivers regarding care plans, health promotion, disease prevention, and discharge needs.
- Applies evidence-based practices, quality improvement strategies, and patient safety principles.
- Performs patient rounding, medication review, discharge preparation, and other structured patient experience activities.
- May perform charge nurse responsibilities and support appropriate coordination of supplies and staffing resources.
- Participates in professional development, shared decision-making, nursing committees, and unit-based initiatives.
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
