Telemetry Registered Nurse
Silverdale, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Telemetry. This acute-care position provides nursing care for medical-surgical and telemetry patients, including individuals with cardiac, respiratory, postoperative, infectious, and end-of-life needs. The role includes telemetry monitoring, limited titration of heparin and Cardizem infusions, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Active Washington or compact nursing license; Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications; minimum of 2 years of clinical experience in acute care.
• Schedule: Night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.; 12-hour shifts; minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience caring for medical-surgical overflow patients with conditions including congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, urinary tract infections, noncritical sepsis, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, isolation needs, postoperative recovery, and palliative or end-of-life care.
• Additional Information: The position supports an 18-bed medical-surgical and telemetry unit with typical nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:4 to 1:5. Responsibilities may include reading telemetry strips, managing heparin and Cardizem infusions within established parameters, and caring for patients requiring continuous positive airway pressure or bilevel positive airway pressure. Weekend scheduling is based on unit needs. A two-shift unit orientation is provided. No call or standby requirement applies.

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