Medical Surgical Telemetry RN
Lee's Summit, MO
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse Medical Surgical With Telemetry. This position provides care for adult and geriatric patients requiring intermediate-level monitoring, cardiac telemetry, and medical-surgical nursing interventions. The role includes patient assessment, management of complex cardiac and medical conditions, emergency response, and collaboration with interdisciplinary support services.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of registered nursing experience; community hospital experience; travel nursing experience; patient assignments with a 1:5 ratio; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; required charting system experience; ability to provide care for adult and geriatric patients.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge nurse experience; experience with accessing and managing ports, phlebotomy, sheath removal, and total joint replacement patients.
• Schedule: Night shifts are 12 hours, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: The role supports medical-surgical and telemetry settings, including cardiac telemetry, telemetry oncology, emergency department holding, neuro stepdown, and progressive care units. Clinical responsibilities may include dysrhythmia interpretation and management, rapid response participation, post-cardiac angiogram and post-myocardial infarction care, pre- and post-cardiac catheterization care, feeding tube management, hemodialysis support, renal failure care, blood product administration, central and peripheral line care, peripherally inserted central catheter management, intravenous therapy, cardiac and vasoactive drips without titration, patient-controlled analgesia, cerebrovascular accident care, surgical drain management, chest tube care, continuous positive airway pressure and bilevel positive airway pressure management, high-flow nasal cannula, arterial blood gas interpretation, tracheostomy management, isolation precautions, and wound care.

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

Posted Date: 2026-10-21