What are the responsibilities and job description for the Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit position at American Traveler?
Assignment Overview
- Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
- Hours: 36 hrs/wk
- Start Date: Aug 10, 2026
- Length: 13 weeks
- Openings: 1
Description
American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a Cardiac Telemetry PCU position at a community-based teaching hospital in High Point, NC, requiring at least 1 year of cardiac telemetry or PCU experience and a night shift schedule.
Details
- Work in an 18-bed Cardiac Telemetry Progressive Care Unit (PCU) at a 351-bed community teaching hospital in an urban setting in High Point, NC
- Patient population includes those with NSTEMI, post-STEMI, heart failure, post-stroke, thoracic surgery, electrophysiology procedures, and respiratory failure requiring medium/high flow oxygen or NIPPV
- Patients may require continuous cardiac, respiratory, and hemodynamic monitoring including pharmacological titration of cardiac anti-arrhythmic drips (Amiodarone, Cardizem, Cardene, Dobutamine, Tridil, etc)
- RN-to-patient ratio of 1:3 or 1:4 depending on interventions
- EMR: Epic (experience noted)
- Monitoring equipment includes Philips Intellivue in-room monitors with arterial line interface; IV pumps are Baxter; medication dispensing via Omnicell
- 12-hour night shifts, 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM, 36 hours per week
- Every other weekend rotation required
- No on-call responsibilities
- Floating required within the critical care division or Intermediate Care
Requirements
- Active NC or compact RN license required
- Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
- Minimum 1 year of cardiac telemetry or PCU experience required, with most recent experience within the last year
- Proficiency in cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring, rhythm strip interpretation, arterial lines, drip titration, non-invasive ventilator care (BiPAP/CPAP), vascular lines, chest tubes/drains, post-procedure site care (trans radial bands, femoral sheaths, post EP pacemaker/ICD, post pulmonary artery thrombectomy)
- 1 professional reference dated within the past year from a Supervisor, Manager, Director, or Charge RN required for consideration
- Last 4 digits of SSN and full date of birth required for consideration
Additional Information
- Responsibilities include continuous cardiac rhythm monitoring and interpretation — the RN is directly responsible for this, not a remote monitoring team
- Unit support includes CNAs, a charge nurse (who also serves as resource nurse), rapid response team, respiratory therapists 24/7, and hospitalists 24/7
- Orientation consists of 36 hours in week one (including nursing technology orientation and online CBL via Healthstream) plus one 12-hour departmental orientation shift with an RN preceptor
- Scheduling operates on a 6-week cycle; RTO requires resource team approval
- 75% of assigned holidays are required to be worked
- Required scrub color: Royal Blue
- Free parking available on-site
- This facility has a collaborative, high-tech, team-focused unit culture
- Candidates must live more than 50 miles from the facility — local candidates are not accepted
- Former permanent employees of any AHSE facility must have been separated for at least 1 year before being eligible
- First-time travelers are welcome to apply
- A clinical interview is required