Consolidated Medical Travel is seeking a travel nurse RN Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Bakersfield, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Telemetry
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 07/07/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Job & Shift
Unit
Telemetry (4W)
Unit Type
Telemetry
Division
Nursing
Care Setting
Acute
Shift Length
12
Guaranteed Hours
36 hours per week
Years of Experience
2 Years
License to Submit
Yes
BSN Required
No
Orientation Hours
12 Hours
Required Certifications
ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
Shift Notes
Days, EOW, first to float
Additional Details
Trauma Level
Charting System
Cerner
Unit Notes
Cerner Required - Unit: 4W Telemetry - beds: 31 beds (11 private & 10 semi-private) - Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS are required - Ratios: 1 to 4 - EMR: Cerner - Charge Nurse: Shift Manager & a Resource Nurse - Nurse Aides: Yes - 2 on days & 1 on nights - Weekend Requirement: 4 shifts out of 4 week schedule. Weekend shifts for nights are Fri/Sat & Sat Sun for days - Holidays: Travelers are expected to work into the perm staff holiday rotation schedule (1 major holiday & 1 minor holiday) - Scrub Color: Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black. - Tele: Phillips Must be able to read & interpret all cardiac rhythms - Vents: Cpap or Bipap (per RT) - Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes - on call after hours - IV Team: No - RT 24/7: Yes Call requirements: must report within 30 mins if placed on stand by/call - Pharmacy 24/7: Yes & Omnicell - Shifts: 12's 7 - 7:30. Block scheduling allowed if the needs of the unit are met, but not guaranteed. - Floating: Travelers are the 1st to float. Could possibly float between MSW & MHB because they are under the same license, travelers may float between the two. They would float to 2W MedSurg remote tele, MedSurg SW, some to ICU for tele MS hold, or ER holds. - Floor specific orientation: 1-2 shifts w/ preceptor - Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Post pacer, hemodialysis, no cardiac/surgical patients, new onset afib, or RVR. CP sent out. Stepdown from ICU, surgical patients, urology patients: Cystoscopy. Oncology patients would transfer if they have cardiac problems to be monitored. Rare ortho patients. Some correctional patients (federal not State), strokes, TBI, high acuity, heavy patients, a lot of patients with bedsores, about 1/3 from nursing homes, peg tubes, sepsis, etc
Job & Shift Unit Telemetry (4W) Unit Type Telemetry Division Nursing Care Setting Acute Shift Length 12 Guaranteed Hours 36 hours per week Years of Experience 2 Years License to Submit Yes BSN Required No Orientation Hours 12 Hours Required Certifications ACLS, BLS, NIHSS Shift Notes Days, EOW, first to float Additional Details Trauma Level Charting System Cerner Unit Notes Cerner Required - Unit: 4W Telemetry - beds: 31 beds (11 private & 10 semi-private) - Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS are required - Ratios: 1 to 4 - EMR: Cerner - Charge Nurse: Shift Manager & a Resource Nurse - Nurse Aides: Yes - 2 on days & 1 on nights - Weekend Requirement: 4 shifts out of 4 week schedule. Weekend shifts for nights are Fri/Sat & Sat Sun for days - Holidays: Travelers are expected to work into the perm staff holiday rotation schedule (1 major holiday & 1 minor holiday) - Scrub Color: Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black. - Tele: Phillips Must be able to read & interpret all cardiac rhythms - Vents: Cpap or Bipap (per RT) - Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes - on call after hours - IV Team: No - RT 24/7: Yes Call requirements: must report within 30 mins if placed on stand by/call - Pharmacy 24/7: Yes & Omnicell - Shifts: 12's 7 - 7:30. Block scheduling allowed if the needs of the unit are met, but not guaranteed. - Floating: Travelers are the 1st to float. Could possibly float between MSW & MHB because they are under the same license, travelers may float between the two. They would float to 2W MedSurg remote tele, MedSurg SW, some to ICU for tele MS hold, or ER holds. - Floor specific orientation: 1-2 shifts w/ preceptor - Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Post pacer, hemodialysis, no cardiac/surgical patients, new onset afib, or RVR. CP sent out. Stepdown from ICU, surgical patients, urology patients: Cystoscopy. Oncology patients would transfer if they have cardiac problems to be monitored. Rare ortho patients. Some correctional patients (federal not State), strokes, TBI, high acuity, heavy patients, a lot of patients with bedsores, about 1/3 from nursing homes, peg tubes, sepsis, etc