Long Term Acute Care RN
New Britain, CT
Cross Country Nurses
6x8 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Long Term Acute Care. This position supports medically complex rehabilitation patients requiring cardiac monitoring and specialized clinical care. Responsibilities include managing complex patient needs, administering treatments, and performing clinical procedures in a collaborative healthcare environment.

Job Details

• Schedule: Nights, 8-hour shifts, 48 hours per week; every other weekend is required.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
  • 12 years of nursing experience
  • Willingness to obtain influenza vaccination or provide a medical declination that is not personal or religious
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
  • Prior travel experience
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care for patients with left ventricular assist devices, cerebrovascular accidents, acquired brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, wounds, and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis needs.
  • Patient assignments may include ratios of 1:7 during days and evenings and 1:9 overnight.
  • Clinical responsibilities include intravenous starts, infusion management, blood administration, electrocardiograms, medication titration, glucose monitoring, wound vacuum changes, complex and simple wound dressings, tracheostomy care, suctioning, straight catheterization, urinary catheter care, port access, central line dressing changes, and wound measurements.
  • Provides care in medically complex rehabilitation and cardiac monitoring units, with potential rotation to additional units when working 12-hour shifts.
  • Orientation is conducted on Mondays.

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