Job Title
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical / Telemetry
Location
Maryville, TN | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Nights | 3x12-Hour Shifts (19:00–07:30)
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care on a Medical Surgical/Telemetry unit, managing patients with higher oxygen demands, dialysis needs, atrial fibrillation, and post-heart catheterization diagnoses
- Monitor and manage patients on telemetry and administer drips including heparin, cardizem, amiodarone, and sotalol initiation
- Care for step-down patients transitioning from ICU (no ventilator or vasopressor support required)
- Provide weekend coverage on a rotating basis, approximately every other weekend, subject to change based on unit need
- Float to other like units as needed based on census demands, performing only tasks within demonstrated and documented competencies
- Complete required pre-assignment modules and annual compliance requirements within designated timeframes
Required Qualifications
- Active Tennessee (TN) Registered Nurse license
- ACLS certification required
- BLS certification required
- NIHSS certification required
- Minimum 1 year of recent experience in a Medical Surgical/Telemetry or similar unit
- Minimum 1 year of EPIC EMR experience required
- Must live more than 100 miles from all system facilities to be eligible at full rate; candidates residing 90–99.9 miles away may be considered at a reduced rate. For this specialty on night shift, candidates must be at least 50 miles from the contracted campus — those 50–99.9 miles away may be considered at a reduced rate; under 50 miles is ineligible
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Experience as a first-time traveler with a strong Medical Surgical/Telemetry background (reviewed on a case-by-case basis)
- Familiarity with step-down level care and cardiac monitoring
- Experience managing patients on continuous cardiac drip infusions
Why Join Us
- Pre-assignment module hours may be reimbursable (up to 16 hours), offering additional compensation for your time before the contract begins
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic telemetry environment with a diverse patient population and exposure to a range of cardiac and step-down level procedures