Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Staffing partner
American Traveler is hiring a Progressive Care Unit RN for a telemetry step-down unit, requiring a KY or compact RN license and BLS/ACLS certification. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
- Shift and hours
- 12-hour day shifts, 7a-7p · Days, 3x12 3x12 day shift schedule, 7a-7p Shift: Days, 3x12hrs36 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Progressive Care Unit, telemetry step-down Patient population ranges from GI bleed to COVID or respiratory distress casesGI bleed to COVID or respiratory distress
- License
- RN license Active, unrestricted RN license (KY or compact) requiredActive, unrestricted RN license (KY or compact)
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Nov 9, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed No prior nursing experience required, though previous experience is preferred
- License
- Active, unrestricted RN license (KY or compact) Active, unrestricted RN license (KY or compact) required Check your license
- Certification
- BLS BLS and ACLS certification required
- Certification
- ACLS
- Education
- ADN or ASN ADN or ASN required; BSN preferred
- Also asks
- Must reside within 75 miles of the facility Candidates must reside within 75 miles of the facility, though local candidates are accepted at a lower pay rate
Preferred
- Education
- BSN
- Also asks
- Previous nursing experience
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
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Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most Kentucky travel postingsKentucky travel postings that state pay run $1,860/week to $2,460/week, the middle half $2,000/week to $2,370/week, across 74 postings.
- Pay reviews
- Lower pay rate for local candidates
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Direct patient care, assessments, treatments, care coordination Provide direct patient care including assessments, treatments, and care coordination for step-down telemetry patients
- Day to day
- Admission, transfer, and discharge activities with patient and family education Facilitate admission, transfer, and discharge activities including patient and family education
- Day to day
- Delegate and oversee care tasks of other team members Delegate and oversee care tasks performed by other team members
- Day to day
- Unit-based quality improvement and core measures Participate in unit-based quality improvement activities and core measures
- Unit size
- 26-bed step-down unit 26-bed step-down unit from ICU with all private rooms
- Weekends
- Weekend rotation required Weekend and holiday rotation required
- Holidays
- Holiday rotation required
- Start
- Nov 9, 2026 Start Date: Nov 9, 2026
- Details
- All private rooms
- Details
- All patients on telemetry with critical drips All patients are on telemetry with heart monitors and critical drips
- Details
- 13-week assignment Length: 13 weeks
Support on this unit
- Nurse to patient
- 1:5 stated in this posting
The workplace
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What are the call requirements?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are floating and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit
On your path
Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
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Assignment Overview
- Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
- Hours: 36 hrs/wk
- Start Date: Nov 9, 2026
- Length: 13 weeks
- Openings: 1
American Traveler is hiring a Progressive Care Unit RN for a telemetry step-down unit, requiring a KY or compact RN license and BLS/ACLS certification.
Details
- 26-bed step-down unit from ICU with all private rooms
- Nurse-to-patient ratio of 4-5:1
- All patients are on telemetry with heart monitors and critical drips
- Patient population ranges from GI bleed to COVID or respiratory distress cases
- 3x12 day shift schedule, 7a-7p
- Weekend and holiday rotation required
Requirements
- Active, unrestricted RN license (KY or compact) required
- BLS and ACLS certification required
- ADN or ASN required; BSN preferred
- No prior nursing experience required, though previous experience is preferred
- Last 4 digits of SSN and MM/DD of date of birth required for consideration
Additional Information
- Provide direct patient care including assessments, treatments, and care coordination for step-down telemetry patients
- Facilitate admission, transfer, and discharge activities including patient and family education
- Delegate and oversee care tasks performed by other team members
- Participate in unit-based quality improvement activities and core measures
- Candidates must reside within 75 miles of the facility, though local candidates are accepted at a lower pay rate
What's around it?
Elizabethtown, KYFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 9% below the US average
- Median rent
- $909/mo
- Household income
- $60,760/yr, all local households, not nurse pay