Travel RN - Telemetry

American Traveler is hiring a Telemetry RN for a cardiac unit requiring prior travel experience and a TX or compact RN license in hand.

Job Details

• Work on a Telemetry unit with 36 private rooms,
• Patient population ranges from young adults to geriatric patients,
• Priority admissions include patients requiring medical cardiac care and recovery from cardiac interventions such as cardiac surgery, coronary artery stent placement, and pacemaker implant,
• Also admits hemodynamically stable non-procedural cardiac patients,
• Patient ratio of 1:5-6,
• Night shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts from 19:00-7:00,
• Epic charting system experience required,

Job Requirements

• Active TX or compact RN license in hand at time of consideration,
• BLS and ACLS certifications required, NIHSS preferred,
• Minimum 1.5-2 years of RN experience required,
• Prior travel nurse experience required,
• Experience with IV therapy/phlebotomy, central and peripheral line care, PICC line management, and blood product administration,
• Experience interpreting and managing dysrhythmias and use of rapid response/code teams,
• Experience with heparin protocols and management of vasoactive drips,
• Experience with pre/post cardiac cath, cardiac surgery, and angiogram care,
• Isolation precautions/PPE and wound care/wound vac experience,
• IV insulin protocol experience,
• Renal failure and pre/post hemodialysis management experience preferred,

Additional Information

• Provide telemetry monitoring and cardiac nursing care to patients recovering from cardiac interventions and procedures,
• Not accepted for candidates residing in Henderson, Anderson, Cherokee, Rusk, Panola, Smith, Gregg, Van Zandt, Wood, Upshur, Camp, Hopkins, Franklin, Titus, or Morris counties,
• Local candidates within 50 miles are not accepted,
• Former staff must wait one year before returning as a traveler,
• No more than 3 days of RTO will be auto-approved and no RTO permitted during the first week of orientation,
• All RTO must be listed at time of consideration,
• Travel pairs or groups will not be accepted,
• First-time travelers will not be considered for this position