Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Springfield, Missouri.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Telemetry
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/15/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 48 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
RN – Telemetry (Medical 6B)
Facility Name: Mercy Hospital Springfield Address: 1235 E Cherokee St, Springfield, MO 65804 Floor: Medical 6B Department/Cost Center: 354006030 Specialty: Registered Nurse (RN) – Telemetry
Number of Positions: 1
Contract Length: 13 weeks as stated in the position details.
Guaranteed Hours: 36 or 48 hours per week (must be specified on the submission form).
Offer Type: Auto-offer Position Reason: Vacant position
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 1 year of inpatient Telemetry experience.
- Current RN license or eligibility for licensure in Missouri.
- AHA BLS certification required.
- NIHSS may be submitted without it but must be obtained before the start date.
- Epic experience required.
- Experience and competence in drug titration.
Preferred Qualifications
- No additional preferred certifications specified.
Unit Information
- Number of Beds: 32
- Patient Population: Medical, medical telemetry, and respiratory patients.
- EMR: Epic
- Equipment: Telemetry monitors, lift equipment, IV pumps, and tube-feeding pumps.
- Patient Ratios: Day shift 1:5–1:6; night shift 1:6–1:7. These are estimates, not guaranteed.
- Floating: Required on a rotational basis.
- Call Requirements: None.
- Weekend Work: As required by the facility.
Auto-Offer Guidelines
- Specify 36 or 48 guaranteed hours on the submission form.
- All contingency requests must be included on the submission form.
- Blocked scheduling may be approved based on facility requirements and must be requested on the submission form.
- Requested time off (RTO) must be made up at the end of the assignment.
- RTO is not approved during the first week.
- Only one holiday RTO request may be made per assignment.
- Night-shift nurses must orient on day shift and be available for the entire orientation week.
- Local candidates have a bill rate $10 below the posted travel rate.
Flu Vaccination Policy
- Flu vaccination or a Mercy-approved exemption is required from November 1 through April 1.
- Declinations are not accepted.
Dress Code
- Required Scrub Color: Black.
- Any scrub color other than black is unacceptable.
Job Responsibilities
- Assess patients and develop, implement, and evaluate nursing care plans.
- Provide care for medical, telemetry, respiratory, and medically complex patients.
- Monitor patients and coordinate care with other departments.
- Administer medications safely and demonstrate competence in drug titration.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of care provided by other caregivers.
- Maintain patient rights, privacy, and confidentiality.
- Follow the Missouri Nurse Practice Act, Mercy policies, and professional nursing standards.
- Assist with patient mobility and transfers as required.
Physical Requirements
- Stand and walk for most of the shift.
- Perform bending and stooping.
- Lift and turn patients with assistance.
- Push, pull, and grip up to 50 lbs.
- Work in an environment with potential exposure to blood and body fluids.
About Care Career
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits