What are the responsibilities and job description for the Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit position at American Traveler?
Assignment Overview
- Shift: Nights, 4x12hrs
- Hours: 48 hrs/wk
- Start Date: Nov 9, 2026
- Length: 13 weeks
- Openings: 2
Description
American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Cardiovascular Progressive Care Unit position with rotating night shifts and ACLS certification required.
Details
- Work in a newly established 16-bed Cardiovascular Progressive Care Unit (CVPCU) within the Heart and Vascular Center
- Care for complex cardiovascular medicine and cardiothoracic surgery patients, including those transitioning from critical care and recovering from procedures
- 1:3 nurse-to-patient ratio
- Utilize continuous invasive pressure monitoring, vasopressor and inotrope infusion management, transvenous and epicardial temporary pacing, chest tube management, phlebotomy, and peripheral IV insertion
- Rotating and night shift schedules only
- 36 or 48 hour shift options
Requirements
- Active RN license (NH or Compact)
- ACLS certification required
- Minimum 2 years of progressive level of care or critical care nursing experience
- Recent Level 1 or comparable Level 2 Trauma experience within the last 2 years
- Cardiology specialty experience required
- Cardiac surgery specialty experience required
- Experience with primary continuous bedside monitoring (ECG, SpO2, BP, RR)
- Experience with continuous invasive pressure monitoring (arterial line, CVP monitoring)
- Experience with temporary pacing (transvenous and epicardial wire pacing)
- Experience with vasopressor infusion management (phenylephrine, norepinephrine)
- Experience with inotrope infusion management (milrinone, dobutamine)
- Experience with chest tube management, phlebotomy, and peripheral IV insertion
Additional Information
- Serve as a bridge between the Heart and Vascular Unit and the Cardiovascular Critical Care Unit, caring for patients requiring a higher level of monitoring than standard acute care
- Strengthen cardiovascular assessment, telemetry, and clinical judgment skills through early recognition of patient deterioration
- Collaborative progressive care environment ideal for experienced step-down, telemetry, cardiovascular, or critical care RNs
- Critical care experience, charge RN experience, and precepting experience are preferred but not required
- Dress code allows any color scrubs per facility policy
- Must reside outside a 75-mile radius of the facility to be eligible for consideration
Benefits:
Health Insurance, 401K Plan