Travel Nurse RN - Neurology
Johnson City, NY
Host Healthcare
5x8 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Staff Nurse – 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 primary or accountable nurse based on unit assignment.
• Educate patients and families on health promotion and disease management.
• Administer medications safely using pharmacology knowledge.
• 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.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in New York.
• Minimum of 5 years of neurology nursing experience, including experience within the last year.
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
• ACLS certification.
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN).
• Experience in management roles.
• Experience in Interventional Radiology.
• Experience with Epic electronic health record system.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.
• Previous clinical nursing experience in acute care or ambulatory settings.
• Certifications such as PALS, TNCC, or other relevant specialty certifications.
• Professional certification in a related nursing specialty.

Work Schedule

• Day shift, rotational.
• 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week.
• Monday through Friday, with on-call one day per week.
• On-call every third weekend (Friday 4:30 PM to Monday 7:30 AM).

Contract Length

• 13 weeks.

Note: Prior travel experience is not specified as required.