Long Term Care Registered Nurse
Ketchikan, AK
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Long Term Care (LTC). This position provides nursing care to adult and geriatric residents in a long-term care setting with clinical needs that may resemble step-down or medical-surgical care. The role involves patient assessment, medication administration, wound care, feeding tube management, resident transfers, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team.

Job Details

• Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts, scheduled three shifts per week from 7:00 a.m.7:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m.7:00 a.m., with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Registered Nurse licensure
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
  • Skilled nursing facility or Long Term Care (LTC) experience
  • Ability to provide care for adult and geriatric patients
  • Ability to float within scope of practice as needed
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Two years of nursing experience
  • Travel nursing experience
  • Experience with Epic electronic medical record documentation
  • Acute care experience
  • Ability to learn quickly and adapt to labor-intensive documentation and clinical workflows
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient ratios are approximately 8:1 on day shifts and 13:1 on night shifts.
  • Common patient conditions include Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), dementia, rheumatoid arthritis, atrial fibrillation, hip fractures, Parkinsons disease, below-knee amputation, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and Huntingtons disease.
  • Common equipment includes Hoyer lifts, SARA lifts, tube-feeding pumps, and intravenous pumps.
  • Responsibilities may include medication administration, intravenous medication administration, wound assessment and treatment, pressure ulcer prevention, feeding tube care, catheter care, ostomy care, neurological assessments, blood glucose monitoring, oxygen administration, infection control, and end-of-life care.
  • The unit does not care for tracheostomy patients, total parenteral nutrition patients, bilevel positive airway pressure patients, or acute rehabilitation patients.
  • The anticipated start date is 12/14/2026.

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