Med Surg / Telemetry Travel RN
Boston, MA
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

Registered Nurse - Medical-Surgical (Telemetry)

Employment Type: Travel Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: 12H Night (rotating 8- and 12-hour shifts) Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week Guaranteed Hours: 72 hours biweekly on all assignments (excludes on-call time) Location: 600-bed facility, medical-surgical float pool

Role Overview

• Travel RNs are assigned to the medical-surgical float pool, supporting 15 medical-surgical units.
• Units include neurology, cardiac, bariatric, general medicine, general surgery, gyn, GU, hips and joints, oncology, transplant (liver and kidney), and/or vascular.
• Patient ratios average 4:1 on days and 6:1 on nights.
• Travel RNs are assigned to a unit for a 2-3 week period. Some assignments may be given as little as 2 hours before a shift.
• Unit-specific procedures: 12-lead EKGs, Lasix drip, blood transfusions, telemetry monitoring.
• RT manages ventilators; the RN administers nebulizers.
• No call required.

Schedule

• Rotating days, evenings, and nights. Every 4-week period includes one week with one 12-hour shift and three 8-hour shifts. Rotation within the same week is possible, but a few days are given between day/evening and night rotations when it occurs.
• The schedule cannot be set in advance, but requested time off (RTO) is honored.
• Time off may not exceed 4 days, and blocked or specific recurring days off will not be approved week over week.
• Every other weekend and holidays are required, including every other weekend during the major winter holiday.
• Orientation is weekly, every Monday unless a holiday.

Required Qualifications

• Registered Nurse license
• Massachusetts (MA) license required at time of submission
• 3+ years of related work experience
• Prior travel experience required
• CPR-AHA and ACLS-AHA certifications
• Level I trauma experience
• Will not accept local travelers (cannot reside within 50 miles of the facility)
• Must be separated from the health system for 6+ months to be considered

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a teaching hospital
• Specialty area expertise

Submission Requirements

• Facility coversheet required at time of submission
• Provide dates and times available for interview at time of submission
• All RTO requests must be presented at time of submission
• Any color scrubs