Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry
Rochester, NY
First Connect Health
4x12 hrs, Days, Nights, Rotating
Referral Bonus

🔥 HIGH-PAYING 48-HOUR OVERTIME CONTRACT: MS/TELE RN (ROTATING 4X12) – ROCHESTER, NY

An immediate 13-week travel contract opening is available for an experienced Medical Surgical / Telemetry (MS/Tele) Registered Nurse (RN) in Rochester, New York (Monroe County / Western New York / Lake Ontario region). Operating within a high-acuity 48-hour schedule at a 528-bed tertiary teaching hospital and accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center, this high-compensating role features an intensive schedule of four 12-hour shifts weekly with alternating Day and Night rotations (07:00 – 19:00 and 19:00 – 07:00, 48 hours guaranteed weekly with 8 built-in weekly overtime hours). HIGH-EARNING 48-HOUR PACKAGE ($3,020/WEEK)! $1,512/WEEK TAX-FREE HOUSING & MEAL STIPEND! BUILT-IN WEEKLY OVERTIME! ZERO MANDATORY ON-CALL! TERTIARY TEACHING HOSPITAL! EPIC EHR! LATE NOVEMBER START! Stationed on an active complex care medicine and orthopedic overflow telemetry unit, the clinician provides care to adult and geriatric patients presenting with multi-system medical conditions, complex long-term care needs, total joint replacements, acute orthopedic trauma, surgical drains, and tracheostomies. If you are an acute MS/Tele nurse with charge nurse background skilled in continuous cardiac monitoring, wound VACs, heparin infusions, chest tubes, and complex line management looking to maximize earnings at $3,020/week in Upstate New York, this assignment is built for you!

💰 PRE-CALCULATED PAY PACKAGE (48-Hour Overtime Week)

• Weekly Gross: $3,020.00
• Weekly Tax-Free Stipend: $1,512.00
• Hourly W2 Regular Rate: $29.00/hr (40 regular hours)
• Hourly W2 Overtime Rate: $43.50/hr (8 weekly overtime hours included)
• (Travelers only; local clinicians residing within 75 miles not accepted per facility policy).

📅 SHIFT & POSITION DETAILS

• Schedule: 4x12-Hours, alternating Day and Night shifts (07:00 – 19:00 and 19:00 – 07:00).
• Guaranteed Hours: 48 hours guaranteed weekly (40 regular hours + 8 overtime hours).
• Assignment Duration: 13 Weeks (Start Date: November 24, 2026).
• Block Scheduling: Block schedules are not offered.
• On-Call Requirements: NO ON-CALL REQUIRED!
• Weekend & Holiday Coverage: Every other weekend (EOW) rotation; standard rotational observed holiday coverage.
• Department Setting: Complex Care Telemetry / Ortho Overflow Unit (Dept: 4500 MS/Tele / CC 103100012) within a 528-bed tertiary acute care teaching facility.
• Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios: Staffing ratio typically 1:6 (must have prior documented experience managing 1:5 to 1:7 ratios in Med/Surg & Telemetry environments).
• Uniform / Scrub Policy: Navy scrub bottoms required; Navy or White scrub tops required.
• Floating Scope: Floats within clinical nursing competency and scope to like units across the facility as operationally directed.
• Clinical Scope & Specialty Care:
  • Direct telemetry surveillance, continuous on-the-unit rhythm monitoring, lethal dysrhythmia interpretation, and rapid response team/code participation.
  • Complex medical-surgical and orthopedic management: acute orthopedic trauma, elective total joint replacements, surgical drain maintenance, and wound VAC management.
  • Comprehensive airway and respiratory care: high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC), tracheostomy care/suctioning, Emerson/PleurEvac chest tube monitoring, and non-invasive airway management.
  • Vascular access and infusion therapy: peripheral IV starts, central line care, PICC line dressings, accessing/de-accessing implanted ports, phlebotomy, and blood product transfusions.
  • Administration of complex inpatient medications: weight-based Heparin protocols, patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), thrombolytic agents, and non-titrated cardiac/vasoactive infusions.
  • Enteral nutrition and elimination: PEG tube and feeding tube care, renal failure care, and strict intake/output tracking.
  • Infection control, transmission-based isolation precautions (PPE), and skin breakdown prevention.
• EMR System: Epic electronic health record.

🚨 REQUISITE QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUBMISSION

• Experience Requirement (Strict Hard Stop): Minimum 2 full years of dedicated acute care hospital MS/Tele RN clinical experience.
• Ratio & Charge Experience (Strict Hard Stop): Documented prior Charge Nurse experience AND documented experience managing 1:6 patient ratios.
• Licensure (Strict Hard Stop): Active New York Single-State Registered Nurse (RN) License strictly in hand at submittal (with active Nursys report; NY is not compact and pending licenses cannot be submitted).
• Certifications Required at Submittal (Must all be active and attached):
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) — American Heart Association (AHA) only.
  • NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification.
• EMR Competency: Proficiency in Epic EHR is a mandatory hard requirement.

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