Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Louisville, Kentucky.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Telemetry
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
Local Rates Apply within 50 miles= $5 less
EKG EXAM REQUIRED: Will be required to pass an advanced dysrhythmia test for competency assessment
Job
- 3x12 nights
- EPIC EXP REQUIRED
- ACSL, BLS, NIH
- Ratios 1;4-5
- patient population; Adults and geriatrics
REQUIRED SKILLS (preferred skills in parenthesis)
- Work Settings;
- REQUIRED Cardiac Telemetry, Telemetry, REQUIRED
- (Preferred MS/Tele, Neuro Stepdown, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown exp preferred)
- Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency Response;
- REQUIRED, Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Telemetry - on the unit monitoring, Telemetry - remote monitoring REQUIRED
- (preferred, Management of dysrhythmias, Use of Rapid Response Teams, Preferred)
- Cardiovascular;
- (Preferred; Post MI, Pre/Post Cardiac Cath; Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery; Preferred)
- Gastrointestinal;
- REQUIRED Feeding tube care and management
- Genitourinary/Renal;
- (preferred; Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management, Renal failure Preferred)
- IV Therapy/Phlebotomy
- REQUIRED; Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Peripheral Line Care/Management, PICC line management, Starting IVs REQUIRED
- Medications
- (preferred; Heparin Protocols, Manage Cardiac drips- no titration, Manage Vasoactive drips-no titration, PCA, Titrate Cardiac drips, Titrate Vasoactive drips preferred)
- Neurological/Psychiatric
-REQUIRED; CVA
-(preferred; Pre/Post neurosurgery, Spinal cord injury, Traumatic Brain injury preferred)
- Orthopedics/ Plastics
-(preferred; Peripheral nerve block catheters, Total Joint Replacements, Surgical drains ; preferred)
- Respiratory/Thoracic
- REQUIRED; External CPAP/BIPAP, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Nasal Cannula, Tracheostomy Management REQUIRED
- (preferred; Interpretation of ABGs, Non-invasive airway management, Oxygen face masks, preferred)
- Professional Topics and Skills
-REQUIRED; Isolation Precautions
-(preferred, Wound Care/Wound Vac)
Tact Medical Staffing Job ID . Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - Telemetry
About Tact Staff
Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level.
Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments. Our team is committed to providing our nurses with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide. Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you.
Be Adventurous, Make a Difference, Travel with Tact.
Be Adventurous - Becoming a travel nurse is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well. It is an opportunity to challenge yourelf, to explore a new place, and try amazing food
Make a Difference - Nurses make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unoticed. We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do.
Travel with Tact - From the moment we receive your resume we begin trying to build a relationship with you. We know the importance of becoming your friend, before becoming your recruiter. Building friendly, yet professional relationships allows us to discover what you truly want and don't want in a travel assignment.