Travel RN - Telemetry
Salem, Massachusetts
Staffing partner
Posted Aug 29 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour rotating
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- Tele
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour rotating · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Weekends
- Every other weekend
- Nurse to patient
- 1:5–1:6
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Oct 4, 2026 · Travel
- On the floor
- Floating required
- Practice
- Epic charting
stated in this posting
More role details
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
Pay
- Travel package
- Housing provided
About this role
Assignment Overview
- Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
- Hours: 36 hrs/wk
- Start Date: Oct 4, 2026
- Length: 13 weeks
- Openings: 1
American Traveler is hiring a M/S Tele Float Pool RN requiring 2 years of acute care and travel nursing experience to float across 8 units on evenings and every other weekend.
Details
- Float pool position covering 8 Med/Surg Tele units including Davenport 5, 7, 8, 9, ED, PH6/7, Pingree 4, and Overflow
- Care for ED boarder patients, serve as medication nurse in the acute mental health unit, and care for non-vented transfer-ready ICU patients
- Clinician to patient ratios up to 5:1 on days/eves and up to 6:1 on nights
- Units range from 8 to 41 beds within a 371-bed hospital
- Evening shift 11:00-23:30 with every other weekend required
- Days/Eves rotation with 1 to 3 rotations to nights per contract
- Uses Epic EMR
- 36 or 48 hour scheduling options available
Requirements
- Active Massachusetts RN license required (no conditional licenses accepted)
- AHA BLS certification required
- AHA ACLS certification required
- 2 years of acute care hospital experience in one location required
- 2 years of experience working as a travel nurse required
- Telemetry monitoring skills including measuring intervals and interpreting strips every 4 hours
- Experience with TR Band required
- Must be able to perform cardiac drips and read tele strips
- Flu vaccine required with no religious or medical exemptions allowed
Additional Information
- Responsible for cardiac monitoring, cardiac drips, and reading telemetry strips
- Must be willing to float between 8 different Med/Surg Tele units as needed
- Free on-site parking available
- Local candidates must reside within 60 miles of the facility in Boston
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“AHA BLS certification required AHA ACLS certification required 2 years of acute care hospital experience in one location required 2 years of experience working as a travel nurse required Telemetry monitoring skills incl…” · from this posting
Requirements
- Active Massachusetts RN license required (no conditional licenses accepted)
- AHA BLS certification required
- AHA ACLS certification required
- 2 years of acute care hospital experience in one location required
- 2 years of experience working as a travel nurse required
- Telemetry monitoring skills including measuring intervals and interpreting strips every 4 hours
- Experience with TR Band required
- Must be able to perform cardiac drips and read tele strips
- Flu vaccine required with no religious or medical exemptions allowed
Place
- City
- Salem, Massachusetts
- Median rent
- $1,836/mo
- Local household income
- $85,153/yr
- State price level
- 6% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Massachusetts index 105.8, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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American Traveler is a travel nursing staffing agency that places experienced registered nurses in temporary 13-week contract assignments at hospitals across multiple states. Assignments are located in diverse geographic settings, from Rapid City, SD, to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Atlanta,…
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Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
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