Long Term Care Registered Nurse
Beaver Dam, WI
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse Long Term Care. The registered nurse provides care for adult and geriatric patients in a long-term care setting, supporting admissions, discharges, transfers, assessments, medication administration, wound care, and patient and family education. The role includes day shifts, weekend rotation, holiday coverage, bedside shift reporting, hourly rounding, and collaboration with interdisciplinary support services.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week, with every other weekend rotation and some holiday coverage.
• Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse license in Wisconsin or a compact state; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA); at least one year of long-term care experience; at least two years of acute care experience within the last three years in the submitted specialty; long-term acute care experience; proficiency with patient assessments, medication administration, intravenous medication administration, intravenous therapy, wound care, feeding tubes, tracheostomy care, catheter care, infection control, fall prevention, pressure ulcer prevention, emergency procedures, and patient and family education.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience.
• Additional Information: The registered nurse may provide care for adults and geriatric patients and may assume charge responsibilities when serving as the only registered nurse in the facility. Care activities include bedside shift reporting, use of AIDET, hourly rounding, accurate patient identification, admission and discharge procedures, care planning, documentation, and coordination with physical therapy, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretarial support. A telemetry examination is required before starting, with passing criteria for adult and pediatric rhythm interpretation.

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