Medical-Surgical RN
Springfield, IL
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Medical Surgical Floor. This travel assignment supports patient care in an acute care, Level I trauma setting. The role involves caring for adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients, with responsibilities including intravenous therapy, central line care, wound care, drains, feeding tubes, and tracheostomy and laryngectomy patient care.

Job Details

• Schedule: Three 12-hour day shifts per week, 6:45 AM7:15 PM, totaling 36 hours per week. Weekend coverage is required every other weekend, and additional weekend shifts may be scheduled when approved weekend time off affects the rotation.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum two years of experience; active Illinois registered nurse license in hand; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; experience managing peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines and starting intravenous lines; ability to manage blood products, ostomies, continuous bladder irrigation, feeding tubes, patient-controlled analgesia, surgical drains, tracheostomies, wounds, and wound vacuums; willingness to care for tracheostomy and laryngectomy patients and manage patient ratios of up to 1:7 when needed.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Cerner electronic charting.
• Additional Information:
  • The position provides care for adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
  • Clinical responsibilities may include dressing changes, drain management, suture and staple removal, nasogastric tube insertion, central line dressing changes, ostomy care, urinary catheter insertion, suprapubic catheter changes, and blood transfusions.
  • The clinical environment may include continuous pulse oximetry, feeding tube pumps, intravenous infusion pumps, sequential compression devices, end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring, airway humidification systems, wound vacuums, suction devices, bladder scanners, patient-controlled analgesia equipment, and mobility equipment.
  • Influenza vaccination is required, with medical or religious exemptions considered.

Benefits

• 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