Medical Surgical Telemetry RN
Portland, ME
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical With Telemetry Portland, ME. The role provides care for patients with respiratory, medical telemetry, surgical, sepsis, diabetic ketoacidosis, altered mental status, and other acute-on-chronic medical conditions. The position requires strong assessment, telemetry interpretation, tracheostomy care, teamwork, flexibility, and patient-centered communication.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Registered Nurse qualification
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
  • 12 years of experience
  • Completion of mandatory onboarding education
  • Medical-surgical and telemetry experience
  • Intermediate medical care nurses must have ventilator experience
  • Experience with tracheostomies and reading and interpreting telemetry strips
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care for respiratory, medical telemetry, surgical, sepsis, diabetic ketoacidosis, altered mental status, failure to thrive, respiratory failure, and other acute-on-chronic medical conditions.
  • May care for patients requiring ventilators, bilevel positive airway pressure, continuous positive airway pressure, oxygen therapy, epidural pumps, intravenous pumps, patient-controlled analgesia pumps, vacuum-assisted closure dressings, specialty beds, and tracheostomy maintenance.
  • Patient assignments may include medical-surgical ratios of 1:45 during the day and 1:56 at night, with intermediate medical care ratios of 3:1.
  • Call is not required.
  • Successful candidates demonstrate teamwork, flexibility, effective communication, and patient-centered care.

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