Travel Nurse RN – Telemetry – $2,069 per week in Chandler, AZ

Job Description

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Profession: Nursing

Specialty: Emergency Department Holds/Telemetry

Duration: 13 Weeks

Shift: 12-Hour Nights

Hours per Shift: 36

Experience: Minimum 2 years of recent experience within the past 6 months

License: Current RN License

Certifications: BLS, ACLS

Must-Have: Strong cardiac telemetry background with experience in titrating cardiac drips per physician’s orders

Description:
This is a telemetry position requiring telemetry skills.
Nurses must pass a dysrhythmia exam within 48 hours of receiving the offer.
Exams will be conducted through a designated online training platform, with a maximum of two attempts.
There will be a pass/fail simulation lab on the first day of orientation.
Study guides will be provided with instructions on the first day.
The unit has a total of 60 emergency department beds.
Nurse-to-patient ratios will be 1 to 4.
Common diagnoses will include patients in the emergency department waiting for placement in a medical/surgical unit.
Nurses must have a strong cardiac telemetry background, preferably with 2 years of experience.
Nurses will primarily care for telemetry patients rather than medical patients.
Nurses will be responsible for titrating cardiac drips, including Cardizem, Heparin, and Amiodarone.
There will be charge nurses overseeing the unit.
Patient care technicians will be available to assist.
Nurses are required to read and interpret telemetry strips as there are no monitor techs in the unit.
Shifts are scheduled for 12 hours, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. or 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Nurses will have the ability to self-schedule, although this may change occasionally.
The weekend requirement is four shifts within a four-week schedule.
Holidays will be rotated in with the permanent staff.
There is no call or standby requirement for this position.
Nurses may need to float to medical/surgical, telemetry, and overflow units as needed.
Nurses will care for patients from the emergency room who are waiting for hospital beds.
They may be asked to assist with vital signs, IV starts, and medication administration for emergency department patients, but will not be primary nurses for ED patient assignments.
Cancellation policy allows the hospital to cancel up to four shifts per 13-week assignment.
Charting will be done using an electronic medical record system.
This position does not require a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
This is an acute care setting within the nursing division.