Job Title: RN II - Telemetry
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Neuro Telemetry
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12-Hour Nights
Hours per Shift: 36 hours per week
Experience: Minimum of 2 years of recent experience (within the past 6 months)
License: BSN Required
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
Must-Have:
- Ability to pass a dysrhythmia exam within 48 hours of receiving an offer, with a maximum of 2 attempts
- Successful completion of a pass/fail exam on the first day of orientation, with an emphasis on sterile technique
Description:
This position is for a telemetry nurse specializing in neuro patients.
The unit consists of 28 beds and provides care for patients with neuro post-surgical needs, including post cranial surgeries, spine surgeries, and CVAs post TPA.
Ratios on the unit are approximately 1:3-4.
Charge nurses are present but do not have patient assignments.
There is a clinical supervisor in a management role on the unit.
Patient care technicians (PCTs) are available at a ratio of 1 per every 16 patients.
Weekend requirements include working every other weekend.
Scrub color is navy.
Telemetry is centralized, and nurses must be proficient in interpreting EKGs.
There are no patients on vents.
A hospitalist is available for rounds during the day and on call at night.
Respiratory Therapy and Pharmacy services are available 24/7.
Shifts are 12 hours long, from 7 PM to 7 AM.
Floor-specific orientation consists of 2 days on the floor.
This position does not involve ICP monitoring.
The hospital may cancel up to 4 shifts during a 13-week assignment.
Charting is completed using a designated electronic system.