Long Term Care Registered Nurse
Beaver Dam, WI
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Long Term Care. This day-shift role provides nursing care for adult and geriatric patients in a long-term care setting. Responsibilities include patient assessment, medication administration, wound care, care planning, patient and family education, bedside shift reporting, and hourly rounding.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shift, 12-hour shifts from 06:30 to 19:00, with 36 hours per week, every other weekend rotation, and some holidays. Six weekend shifts are scheduled per contract.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Current Wisconsin Registered Nurse license or compact Registered Nurse license
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
  • At least one year of long-term care experience
  • Two years of acute care experience within the last three years in the submitted specialty
  • Proficiency with patient assessment, medication administration, infection control, wound care, feeding tube care, catheter care, intravenous medication administration, blood glucose monitoring, oxygen administration, fall prevention, pressure ulcer prevention, and patient and family education
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience.
• Additional Information:
  • The assignment serves adult and geriatric patients and may include admissions, discharges, transfers to acute care, provider communication, and related clinical documentation.
  • Staffing includes one Registered Nurse per hall, one medication technician per hall, and certified nursing assistant coverage of approximately 1:810 on days and 1:20 on nights.
  • Bedside shift reporting, utilization of AIDET, and hourly rounding are required on all Registered Nurse units.
  • Night-shift Registered Nurses may assume charge responsibilities and may be the only Registered Nurse in the facility.
  • Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretarial support.
  • A pre-start telemetry assessment is required, with passing criteria for identification of lethal cardiac rhythms and selected heart block recognition.
  • Travelers may be required to complete a cardiac interpretation review course if an additional assessment attempt is needed.

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