Travel Nurse (RN) - Telemetry Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Housing in ME becomes more expensive in the summer months, beginning in May. Be sure to confirm you are comfortable with housing options before applying.

RTO and shift requests will not be accepted after submittal.

Guaranteed Hour: 48

26 weeks is preferred but not required.

Minimum Experience: RN: 2 years of Med/Tele experience – no exceptions

Patient Types:

Travelers will routinely work between Merritt 3 (48 beds) and Haskell 3 (10 meds) both units are considered one large Med/Tele department on the same floor with private and semi-private rooms

Surgical:

Bariatric: Gastric Bypass, Gastric sleeve

Vascular Surgeries: carotid endarterectomies, femoral endarterectomies, amputations, AAA repair, peripheral artery bypass grafts, fem-pop bypass

Urology: TURP, cysto, cystectomy, penectomy, nephrectomy, ureteral stents

General/GI: mastectomy, breast reduction; hemicolectomies, exploratory laps, bowel resection, cholecystectomy, colorectal surgeries; whipples

Ortho: total joint, ORIF, external fixation, Ortho Trauma

ENT: parotidectomy, neck dissection, and thyroidectomy

Plastics: muscle flaps, skin grafts

Neurosurgery: spinal fusions, laminectomies, craniotomies

Medical Overflow: CHF, Pneumonia, COVID, COPD, sepsis, cellulitis, GI Bleed, Chron’s, Vascular Gangrene, ETOH withdrawal, IVDA, etc.

All beds have remote Telemetry monitoring capabilities

Basic EKG certification (ability to read/interpret cardiac rhythm strips)

Skills required:

RN:

NO more than 6 days RTO (NO HOLIDAYS) is accepted at this time

Please ask all travelers about charge experience and include in the offer info if they have/have not worked in a CRN capacity

Telemetry experience (Cardiac rhythm interpretation) – will not transport patient on Tele but must be able to verify/interpret strips on the unit

General post-surgical experience is a MUST

Vascular surgical patients comprise a large portion of our patient population. This person would need to have the basic knowledge of what to look at and for (assessment-wise) with this type of patient.

Ortho post-op (total joints, ORIF) experience is preferred, peripheral IV starts, tube feedings, TPN, Trach Care, Chest tubes, continuous bladder irrigation, drain management and removal (JP, Accordian), dressing changes, wound vacs

Comfortability to discontinue non-tunneled catheters, will wean patients off Epidural pump per order set, PCAs

Heparin Drips, Insulin Drips; NO cardiac drips or cardiac push meds

Floating: If yes, where? Any other unit to care for patients within or below scope of practice

Scheduling:

Weekend rotation: every other; occasionally back-to-back weekends – flexibility is key

On call? No call

Holiday Expectations: no RTO requests at this time

RTO approval: Must be sent to Manager for approval

Schedule cycle: 4 weeks at a time; will receive 2 weeks in advance

Scrub Color: RN: Any color, must be professional