Travel Cardiac Telemetry RN - $1,555 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Telemetry PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Austin, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Telemetry PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/11/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Oct 11, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking an RN for a Cardiac Telemetry unit requiring 1+ years of cardiac experience and a TX or compact RN license.

Details

• Work in a 30-bed Acute Care Cardiac Telemetry unit within a Stepdown Intermediate Care setting
• Care for patients with chest pain, congestive heart failure, advanced heart failure, and syncope
• Support patients undergoing echocardiograms, stress tests, and diagnostic/interventional heart catheterization
• Care for patients undergoing procedures such as Mitraclip, Watchman, Tykosyn initiation, and TAVR
• Unit may overflow to include general med/surg or non-cardiac patients as needed
• Day shift schedule from 06:45-19:15
• 13-week assignment
• Primary floating assignment to one of five acute care med/surg units typically staffed at 5:1 ratios

Requirements

• Active TX or compact RN license required
• Current BLS and ACLS certification through the AHA
• Minimum 1 year of RN experience required
• Cardiac-trained experience strongly preferred
• Nursys license verification required within 30 days prior to start
• Must provide full SSN, DOB, driver's license copy, 2 separate references, skills checklist, and license/certification verification for consideration

Additional Information

• Provide direct care for patients with significant cardiac disease history and related conditions
• Opportunity to help stabilize staffing on a unit being reimagined with new core staff
• May be asked to precept and train new hires, including RN residents, so a willingness to mentor others is valued
• Accepts local candidates, though pay rate may be reduced based on a facility-specific radius rule
• First-time travelers may be considered depending on cardiac experience level
• Encouraged to discuss potential contract extensions with unit management at least 45 days before assignment end date

American Traveler Job ID #P-755669. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - Telemetry

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