Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry in Reno, NV

Registered Nurse (RN) | Telemetry
Location: Reno, NV
Agency: Concentric Healthcare Staffing
Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details)
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

Job Title

Registered Nurse (RN) – Medical Surgical / Telemetry (Nights)

Location

Reno, Nevada

Schedule / Job Type

Contract (13 Weeks) | Full-Time | Onsite | Nights | 3x12-Hour Shifts | 36 Guaranteed Hours per Week

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients utilizing the full nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Monitor and manage a patient population that includes CHF, alcohol withdrawal, NSTEMI, sepsis, dysrhythmias, pneumonia, COPD, and post-procedure patients (pacemakers, ablations, cath lab, and patients downgraded from ICU)
• Administer and monitor non-titratable cardiac medication drips including Cardizem, Lasix, and Nitro
• Identify and measure cardiac rhythm strips as part of ongoing telemetry monitoring
• Coordinate care across multidisciplinary teams in a collaborative, patient-centered environment
• Float as needed to intensive care units, medical surgical units, or other departments up to competency level

Required Qualifications

• Active Nevada RN license required prior to start date
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of telemetry nursing experience
• Must successfully pass a telemetry competency exam, including identification and measurement of rhythm strips (failure of exam may result in contract termination)
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and additional shifts based on departmental needs

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Experience caring for post-procedure cardiac patients including pacemaker and ablation patients
• Prior travel nursing experience in a high-volume, fast-paced acute care environment
• Familiarity with Level II Trauma Center or similarly complex hospital settings

Why Join Us

• Work within a nationally recognized, high-acuity telemetry unit that is part of a large, comprehensive health system serving a wide regional population
• Gain experience in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment with exposure to a broad and complex patient population across telemetry, cardiac, and post-procedural care