Travel RN - Telemetry

Travel RN - Telemetry

American Traveler

Redding, California, United States

Position ID: P-754718

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 2

$2,490.18/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

American Traveler is hiring a night-shift Telemetry RN for a float pool position requiring 2 years of tele/stepdown experience and a CA RN license.

Acute care Tele Float Pool unit with 38 beds, floating to medsurg and telemetry units

Nurse:patient ratios of 4:1 to 5:1

Common diagnoses include ETOH, DKA, heart failure, sepsis, stroke, and post-surgical GI, GU, and joint replacement patients

RNs are required to titrate drips such as insulin, heparin, amiodarone, and cardizem

GE telemetry monitors used, with monitor techs present but RNs required to read their own strips

Unit staffed with Charge Nurses/NSM (non-patient assignment) and Unit Aides

Respiratory equipment on unit includes CPAP, BiPAP, and high flow

Uses Cerner EMR

12-hour night shifts, every other weekend

No call or standby requirements

1 day of unit-specific orientation per unit floated to

Active CA RN license (or Compact/NLC) required, pending licenses not accepted

Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required, pending certifications not accepted

Minimum 2 years of telemetry/stepdown experience required

Must be able to titrate common drips including insulin, heparin, amiodarone, and cardizem

Must be able to independently read telemetry strips

Two professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months worked and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years worked, including dates of employment and rehire eligibility

Copy of driver's license required for consideration

Float pool RN role covering telemetry and medsurg units as needed

Navy scrub color required

Weekend and holiday coverage requirements vary by schedule

Must pass the Relias Dysrhythmia exam (basic or advanced) prior to offer confirmation

Sterile technique competency test (Foley catheter insertion and central line dressing changes) administered on first day of orientation, pass/fail

Candidates may not have been directly employed by any CommonSpirit-affiliated facility (including CHI or Dignity) within the past year, though PRN work through outside firms is acceptable

First-time travelers are welcome to apply

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12