Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $2,020 per week in Altoona, PA

Registered Nurse (RN) | Telemetry
Location: Altoona, PA
Agency: Care Career
Pay: $2,020 per week
Shift Information: 3 days x 12 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: 6/15/2026

About the Position

The Telemetry Nurse carries out patient assignments and assumes primary care responsibilities that promote health, prevent illness, restore health, and ease suffering for patients released from intensive care, but still require close monitoring for signs of physical distress or danger. Telemetry nurses utilize sophisticated medical equipment to monitor the vital signs of patients in their unit. Nurses work with physicians to develop treatment plans for patients in the telemetry unit. The blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen level and cardiac electrical activity of patients in a telemetry unit is constantly monitored by specialized equipments, and telemetry nurses keep track of this information and take quick action to treat patients who develop problems. Telemetry nurses mainly care for patients recovering from heart conditions or cardiac surgery.

Requirements

Required for Onboarding

• BLS
• Core Mandatory Exam - Nursing
• Core Mandatory Part I
• Core Mandatory Part II (Nursing)
• Core Mandatory Part III
• RN - Pharmacology A
• RN - Telemetry
• RN State License
• Tele - Skills