Travel RN - Telemetry - Stepdown
Olathe, Kansas
Staffing partner
Posted Aug 20 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- Tele
- Contract
- 16 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Weekends
- Every other weekend
- Term
- 16 weeks · starts Sep 13, 2026 · Travel
- On the floor
- Floating required · No call
- Practice
- Epic charting
- Setting
- Hospital
More role details
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Travel package
- Housing provided
About this role
Assignment Overview
- Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
- Hours: 36 hrs/wk
- Start Date: Sep 13, 2026
- Length: 16 weeks
- Openings: 1
American Traveler is hiring a Telemetry/Cardiac Stepdown RN requiring a KS or compact RN license and at least 1 year of recent telemetry experience with TR bands and cardiac drips.
Details
- Work in a Cardiac Telemetry unit (Unit 4N) within an acute care hospital setting
- 36 hours per week on 12-hour night shifts (1900-0730), 3 days per week
- Every other weekend rotation required
- No on-call requirements
- Floating required to all acute care units based on facility needs
- Uses Epic EMR
Requirements
- Active KS or compact RN license required
- Current BLS certification required
- Minimum 1 year of recent Telemetry experience required
- 2-5 years of Telemetry experience preferred
- Experience managing TR Bands immediately post-procedure required
- Experience with cardiac drips (Heparin, Bumetanide, Lasix, Cardizem) required
- Experience with Tikosyn/Sotalol initiation process required
Additional Information
- Provide telemetry and cardiac stepdown nursing care in a fast-paced acute care environment
- Facility is a nicotine-free campus
- Holiday coverage required for one shift from each of the following groups: Thanksgiving Eve or Day, Christmas Eve or Day, and New Year's Eve or Day
- Orientation includes multi-day training across campuses, including virtual Epic training
- Local and travel candidates accepted at the same bill rate for this campus
Sourced from a public job board.
“American Traveler is hiring a Telemetry/Cardiac Stepdown RN requiring a KS or compact RN license and at least 1 year of recent telemetry experience with TR bands and cardiac drips.” · from this posting
Requirements
- Active KS or compact RN license required
- Current BLS certification required
- Minimum 1 year of recent Telemetry experience required
- 2-5 years of Telemetry experience preferred
- Experience managing TR Bands immediately post-procedure required
- Experience with cardiac drips (Heparin, Bumetanide, Lasix, Cardizem) required
- Experience with Tikosyn/Sotalol initiation process required
Place
- City
- Olathe, Kansas
- Median rent
- $1,314/mo
- Local household income
- $114,009/yr
- State price level
- 10% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Kansas index 90.1, where 100 is the national average.
Olathe is a growing Kansas City suburb in Johnson County known for its family-friendly atmosphere and parks. The historic Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop offers a glimpse into trail-era history. It's a calm, suburban base for nurses who prefer quieter living with metro amenities within reach.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
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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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