Medical-Surgical RN
South Charleston, WV
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Floor. This position provides care in an Emergency Department boarding area for admitted patients awaiting inpatient bed placement. The role requires critical care capabilities, prior travel experience, and the ability to care for infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in an acute care setting.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week, with rotating weekend and holiday requirements. Available shift times include 6:45 p.m. to 7:15 a.m., with block scheduling available.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification
  • Minimum of 1 year of experience
  • Prior travel nursing experience
  • Critical care skills, including management of cardiac dysrhythmias, critical drips, bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP), continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and mechanical ventilation
  • Radial arterial blood gas (ABG) draw experience
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification
• Additional Information:
  • Care is focused on admitted patients awaiting inpatient bed placement in the Emergency Department boarding area.
  • Patient populations include infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
  • Common clinical conditions include sepsis, medical and surgical conditions, overdose, trauma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiac dysrhythmias, and patients requiring critical care interventions.
  • Responsibilities may include management of critical care infusions, tissue plasminogen activator (TPA), sedation, paralytics, noninvasive ventilation, mechanical ventilation, and high-flow oxygen.
  • Nurse-to-patient ratios are approximately 1:4 in boarding areas and 1:5 in other areas.
  • Orientation includes general onboarding, nursing orientation, computer training, and two 12-hour precepted shifts.

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