GHR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg / Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Newburgh, Indiana.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Med Surg / Telemetry
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/02/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Med/Surg Telemetry | Newburgh, Indiana
Join a collaborative cardiac and renal care team as a Travel Registered Nurse (RN) on a 13-week medical-surgical telemetry assignment in Newburgh, Indiana, near Evansville. This travel nursing job is ideal for an experienced telemetry nurse who brings strong assessment skills, sound clinical judgment, and confidence caring for complex cardiac, renal, and medical-surgical patients.
Newburgh offers a welcoming Ohio River community with scenic views, outdoor recreation, local dining, and convenient access to the greater Evansville area. Apply today for this Indiana travel nursing opportunity.
Travel Nursing Job Details
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,930–$2,030
- Assignment Length: 13 weeks
- Start Date: November 2, 2026
- Schedule: 36 guaranteed hours per week
- Shift: 12-hour day shifts, 6:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
- Unit: 34-bed cardiac and renal medical-surgical telemetry unit
- Typical Patient Ratio: 1:4–5 on day shift
- Weekend/Holiday Rotation: Three weekends in every six-week schedule and every other holiday
- Floating: May float within the nurse’s skill set to nearby campuses with advance notice when cross-campus coverage is needed
- Orientation: 12 hours
- Scrubs: Navy blue scrubs without competing health system or agency logos
Travel RN Job Requirements
- Active compact Registered Nurse (RN) license
- Associate degree or nursing certificate
- At least 2 years of strong cardiac and telemetry nursing experience
- At least 1 year of professional nursing experience, including one completed travel assignment
- Level II trauma experience
- Current AHA BLS, AHA ACLS, and NIHSS certifications
- Recent EPIC charting experience and willingness to complete a charting checkoff class
- Ability to successfully complete required telemetry testing
- Strong assessment, communication, critical-thinking, adaptability, and teamwork skills
- Must reside outside the 40-mile local-radius requirement for this travel assignment
Medical-Surgical Telemetry RN Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive nursing care to patients recovering from cardiac procedures, including heart catheterization, ablation, and pacemaker placement
- Monitor and manage patients with atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, end-stage renal disease, congestive heart failure, sepsis, and other complex medical conditions
- Care for patients with tracheostomies, nephrostomy tubes, continuous bladder irrigation, renal biopsies, and behavioral health or detoxification needs
- Interpret telemetry and 12-lead EKG results and promptly identify changes in patient condition
- Recover post-cardiac catheterization patients, including management of femoral access sites and TR bands
- Insert and manage peripheral IVs and provide central line care
- Manage chest tubes, indwelling drains, and prescribed cardiac and medical infusions, including Cardizem, amiodarone, heparin, Lasix, and Protonix
- Apply CBI and CIWA or detoxification protocols according to clinical standards
- Document accurately in EPIC and communicate effectively with the interdisciplinary care team
- Support a positive learning environment by precepting students or new team members when assigned
Apply now to join this cardiac and renal medical-surgical telemetry team as a Travel Registered Nurse in Newburgh, Indiana.
Benefits
401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
GHR Healthcare Job ID #528879. 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: Med/Surg Tele
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