Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Telemetry. This travel position provides cardiac telemetry nursing care for adult and geriatric patients in an acute-care setting. Responsibilities include cardiac monitoring, management of cardiac drips without titration, dysrhythmia interpretation, and care for patients with cardiac, respiratory, renal, and infectious conditions.
Job Details
- Schedule: Nights, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: At least 1 year of experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; compact license in hand at submission; required charting system experience; experience with a 1:4 patient ratio.
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Provides care for adult and geriatric patients.
- Expected patient ratio is 1:4.
- Weekend coverage is based on team needs.
- Clinical experience includes cardiac telemetry, interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, pacemaker care, cardiac catheterization care, post-myocardial infarction care, cardiac angiogram care, and management of heart failure and cardiogenic shock.
- Additional skills include bilevel positive airway pressure and continuous positive airway pressure management, blood product administration, central and peripheral line care, heparin protocols, intravenous insulin protocols, oxygen administration, peripherally inserted central catheter management, phlebotomy, wound care, and wound vacuum care.
- Interdisciplinary support includes intravenous therapy, physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response, pharmacy, and transportation.
- Orientation includes 24 hours.
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
