Medical Surgical Telemetry RN
Rochester, NY
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Medical-Surgical With Telemetry position. This role supports patients requiring complex medical, orthopedic overflow, and long-term care management. The position includes rotating 12-hour shifts, telemetry monitoring, interdisciplinary clinical response, and management of patients with varied medical and surgical needs.

Job Details

• Schedule: Alternating 7:00 a.m.7:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.7:00 a.m. 12-hour shifts, 48 hours per week, including every other weekend.
• Required Qualifications:
  • New York nursing license in hand required.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
  • National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification required.
  • Previous charge experience required.
  • At least 1 year of relevant experience required.
  • Experience with Epic electronic health record documentation required.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient assignments may range from 1:5 to 1:7.
  • Care includes complex medical, orthopedic overflow, and long-term patients.
  • Responsibilities include telemetry monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and use of rapid response and code teams.
  • Clinical skills include pacemaker management, feeding tube care, blood product administration, central line and peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) management, phlebotomy, peripheral line care, intravenous access, heparin protocols, and surgical drain management.
  • Respiratory care includes high-flow nasal cannula, nasal cannula, oxygen administration, oxygen tanks, noninvasive airway management, and tracheostomy management.
  • Additional responsibilities include isolation precautions, wound care and wound vacuum management, chest tube care, patient-controlled analgesia, thrombolytic agents, and management of cardiac and vasoactive infusions without titration.

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