Travel RN - Cardiac Telemetry
American Traveler
Lufkin, TX
Posted Aug 7 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- Stepdown
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Weekends
- Every other weekend
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Aug 31, 2026 · Travel
- Practice
- Paragon charting
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
More role details
- Experience
- 2+ years
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Pay
About this role
Assignment Overview Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs Hours: 36 hrs/wk Start Date: Aug 31, 2026 Length: 13 weeks Openings: 1 American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Cardiac PCU/Stepdown position requiring a TX or compact RN license and cardiac drip titration experience
Details Work in the Cardiac PCU/Stepdown unit of an acute care hospital Unit functions as a cath lab recovery/observation area Patient population includes cardiac and general med/surg patients Uses Paragon EMR charting system Night shift schedule, 6:45pm-7am with every other weekend requirement 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week 13-week assignment length Requirements Active TX or compact RN license required Current BLS and ACLS certifications required Minimum 2 years of RN experience required Cardiac drip titration experience required Experience pulling sheaths and monitoring cath lab recovery sites required General med/surg patient care knowledge required BSN not required for this position Copy of driver's license required for consideration Two professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months worked and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years worked, including dates of employment and rehire eligibility Additional Information Provide direct patient care in a cardiac stepdown/PCU setting including monitoring post-cath lab recovery patients Perform sheath pulls and site monitoring for cardiac patients Candidates may not have been directly employed by any CommonSpirit-affiliated facility, including CHI and Dignity, within the past year Candidates previously employed PRN through outside staffing firms will be considered
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Requirements
- Active TX or compact RN license required
- Current BLS and ACLS certifications required
- Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
- Cardiac drip titration experience required
- Experience pulling sheaths and monitoring cath lab recovery sites required
- General med/surg patient care knowledge required
- BSN not required for this position
- Copy of driver's license required for consideration
- Two professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months worked and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years worked, including dates of employment and rehire eligibility
- Additional Information
- Candidates may not have been directly employed by any CommonSpirit-affiliated facility, including CHI and Dignity, within the past year
- Candidates previously employed PRN through outside staffing firms will be considered
Place
- City
- Lufkin, TX
- Median rent
- $1,079/mo
- Local household income
- $57,048/yr
- State price level
- 3% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Texas index 97.1, where 100 is the national average.
Lufkin sits in the Piney Woods of East Texas, offering a small-city pace with deep regional roots and easy access to forested outdoors. A practical home base for nurses seeking a quieter lifestyle away from major metro traffic.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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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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