Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg
Johnson City, NY
Host Healthcare
5x8 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Registered Nurse (RN) - Johnson City, New York

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for protecting, promoting, and optimizing health and abilities, preventing illness and injury, and alleviating suffering through diagnosis, treatment, and advocacy. The RN ensures compliance with professional standards and promotes a patient-centered, caring, and healing environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, delegate, coordinate, implement, and evaluate nursing care for a group of patients.
• Serve as a primary or accountable nurse as assigned.
• Educate patients and families on health promotion and disease management.
• Administer medications safely with knowledge of pharmacology.
• Share responsibility for productivity and resource utilization including staffing and time management.
• Comply with nursing practice standards, regulatory requirements, and policies.
• Participate in Nursing Shared Governance, improvement initiatives, and peer review.
• Engage in professional development and complete mandatory education.
• Integrate nursing research and evidence-based practice.
• Provide a supportive learning environment for new employees and students.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Contract Length

• 13 weeks

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of direct nursing experience (this is the higher requirement over other listed ranges).
• Nursing (RN) experience between 6 months to 3 years.
• Management experience between 0 to 3 years.
• Strong collaboration, communication (verbal & written), judgment, critical thinking, organizational understanding, planning, problem solving, quality, reliability, safety, and risk management skills.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Previous clinical nursing experience in an acute care or ambulatory setting.

Education Requirements

• Required: Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing.
• Preferred: Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.

Certifications & Licensure

• Required: Current New York State RN License.
• Required: BLS Certification (AHA, HSI, or American Red Cross).
• Unit-specific requirements must be validated prior to submission.
• Preferred: Professional certification in a related nursing specialty.
• Preferred: Relevant skills certifications such as ACLS, PALS, TNCC as required by the assigned unit.

Prior Travel Experience

• Not specified / not required.