RN, Registered Nurse | Cardiopulmonary
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Health system employer
Posted Aug 18
- Shift
- 8-hour rotating
- Hours a week
- 32
- Unit
- Cardiopulmonary
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour rotating · 4 a week · 32 hours
- Weekends
- Every other weekend
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
About this role
Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here. If you’re looking for a job to love, apply today.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
32
Gundersen Health System has Registered Nurse positions available for our 28-bed Cardiopulmonary Unit.
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We’re not just filling positions, we’re building careers. At Emplify Health, we care for our teams, while they care for their communities. Whether you are just starting out or looking for a change, Emplify Health supports you now and into the future. Join us and find out how a little empathy changes everything.
What you will do
0.8 FTE – 64 hours every two week
8 hours shifts, rotating days (6:30am-3:00pm) and PM’s (2:30pm-11:00pm)
Every other weekend and holiday
Care for a patient population including post MI, post-open heart surgery, post thoracotomy, pacemakers, pre and post angiography, post cardiothoracic surgery, COPD, congestive heart failure and pulmonary conditions
RN’s emphasize rehabilitation, education and lifestyle modifications for patients
What you will get
Starting pay of $38.96/hour + more for experience!
Shift, weekend, and holiday differentials
A team with a lot of longevity that create a supportive environment for new and current staff
Unit with low turnover
Professional Development Opportunities/Career Development Center
Departmental leadership support, including Clinical Manager, Clinical Supervisors, Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL), Professional Development Nurse, and Quality Improvement Specialist Nurse
Our department of nursing is visionary and innovative with such things as our recent implementation of virtual nursing with in our medical surgical units
What you will need
Minimum of an Associate Degree in Nursing
RN license to work in Wisconsin
Current Infant-Adult Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers
BLS for health care providers
Emplify Health, a partnership of Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System, is a leading not-for-profit, patient-centered healthcare network based in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wisconsin. With 11 hospitals and over 100 clinics, we serve 67 cities across Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and communities.
I f you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact HR-Recruitment@gundersenhealth.org or call 608-775-0267.
We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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Requirements
- RN license
- Every other weekend
- Nursing
- 8 hour shift
- RN License
- Hourly pay
- Hospital
- BLS Certification
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
Place
- City
- La Crosse, Wisconsin
- Median rent
- $1,010/mo
- Local household income
- $55,866/yr
- Metro price level
- 8% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
La Crosse area index 91.8, where 100 is the national average.
Nestled along the Mississippi River and framed by dramatic bluffs, La Crosse blends small-town warmth with college-town energy. Nurses relocating here will find riverfront trails, a compact downtown with local breweries, and year-round outdoor recreation in Wisconsin's scenic driftless region.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.
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About the employer
The flagship teaching hospital runs about 325 beds as a Level II trauma center; nursing careers across the system cover more than 30 specialty areas from surgical and emergency to inpatient, ambulatory, and outpatient work. You chart in Epic. If…
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Cardiac is a specialty you move into. Start on tele or stepdown; cath lab and CVICU usually come later.
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