Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Telemetry. The Clinical Nurse provides safe, competent, and high-quality care to patients on a medical-surgical and telemetry unit. Responsibilities include patient assessment, care planning, interdisciplinary collaboration, patient and caregiver education, clinical documentation, quality improvement, and support of safe patient-centered care.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shift, 11.5 hours per shift, with a minimum of 34.5 hours per week; every other weekend required.
- Required Qualifications: New York State Registered Nurse license; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification; minimum of two years of Registered Nurse experience, including telemetry and critical care experience; ventilator experience; ability to apply the nursing process, patient care management, assessment and intervention skills, evidence-based practice, critical thinking, effective professional communication, and active listening.
- Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); Associate Degree in Nursing may be considered with relevant experience and/or active enrollment in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program; Electronic medical record experience.
- Additional Information:
- Provides care through assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, patient education, discharge planning, and delegation.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
- Promotes patient-centered care, therapeutic relationships, cultural sensitivity, patient safety, and quality improvement.
- Performs accurate clinical documentation in accordance with regulatory, legal, and professional standards.
- May perform charge nurse duties and support patient throughput, resource coordination, and unit operations.
- Participates in nursing research, evidence-based practice activities, shared decision-making, professional development, and continuous learning.
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
