Medical Surgical Telemetry RN
Olympia, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Medical Surgical With Telemetry. This float position supports adult and geriatric patients across emergency department boarding, telemetry, and medical-surgical settings based on organizational needs. The role includes varied patient assignments, potential charge responsibilities on smaller units, and collaboration with multidisciplinary support services.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts, 7:00 a.m.7:30 p.m., three 12-hour shifts per week, 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Two years of nursing experience.
  • Charge nurse experience.
  • United States clinical experience.
  • Compact nursing license in hand at submission.
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
  • National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
  • Electronic health record experience with Epic.
  • Experience caring for patient assignments of approximately 1:46, depending on unit acuity.
  • Skills in cardiac telemetry, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, isolation precautions, and nasal cannula use.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Medical-surgical and telemetry float experience.
  • Cardiac step-down experience.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient populations may include adults and geriatric patients requiring emergency department boarding, telemetry, or medical-surgical care.
  • The nurse may float across units to support organizational needs.
  • Charge responsibilities may include staffing coordination, bed flow, and general unit coordination on smaller units.
  • Interdisciplinary support may include intravenous therapy teams, physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and transportation.
  • Twenty-four hours of orientation are provided.
  • Weekend coverage is required.
  • The selected clinician must commit to working three of five designated holidays.

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