Telemetry RN
Saint Louis, Missouri
Christian Hospital

Registered Nurse – Telemetry

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri Employment type: Travel/Contract Contract length: 13 weeks Start date: 11/30

Assignment Details

• Shift: Night (3x12 hours), 19:00 to 7:30
• Hours: 12 per day, 36 per week (guaranteed 36 hours for 3x12s)
• Ratio: 1:5-6
• Facility: Acute care hospital with 233 staffed beds
• Scrub color: Navy
• Charting system: EPIC
• Parking cost: None

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• Med Surg / Telemetry (2 years of experience)
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience working with Cardiac patients
• Experience with cardiac or critical care drips

Clinical Expectations

• Telemetry monitoring, including reading rhythms
• Cardiac medications and drips, with no titration
• May float within scope to meet facility needs

Schedule and Eligibility

• 6 weekend shifts within a 6-week period
• On-call is not required
• Does not accommodate block schedules
• Accepts first-time travelers
• Accepts pending licenses
• Does not accept local candidates (local radius rule: 75 miles)
• Restriction: 7 days of RTO

Compliance and Onboarding Requirements

Background and identity

• Government-issued ID
• Criminal background check within 6 months of start, with a 7-year search
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG searches, rerun quarterly
• Missouri EDL search (required for all Missouri placements) and Missouri Highway Patrol check (renewed annually)
• Education verification for nursing, which cannot be pending at start
• Employment application
• Two professional references
• SSN and DOB confirmation
• Badge photo taken within 6 months of start, head and shoulders, plain white background, no hats, masks, or sunglasses

Health and immunizations

• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• Tdap vaccine or declination
• Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella: positive titer, 2 vaccines, or MD statement of immunity; negative or equivocal titers require two boosters or a declination
• TB: 2 negative PPDs (1st within 1 year, 2nd within 30 days of start) or a T-Spot or Q-Gold within 1 year; yearly TB questionnaire
• Hepatitis B declination
• Drug screen within 1 year of start, must not expire during assignment; panel includes amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methadone, opiates, oxycodone, oxymorphone, and PCP
• Flu vaccine or medical/religious exemption required during flu season (10/01 to 03/31)
• N95 fit test required annually; acceptable models are 3M VFlex 1804 and 3M 1860; facial hair must allow proper testing

Competencies and training

• Unit-specific skills checklist within 1 year of start
• Unit-specific competency exam, updated annually
• Medication/pharmacology competency exam (must meet Angoff score or 80%)
• Regulatory compliance education quiz (80% minimum), updated annually
• Orientation modules (about 16 hours), required for RNs

Policies and forms

• HIPAA acknowledgement, latex allergy questionnaire, confidentiality form, hand hygiene policy, dress code policy, and fingernail policy, all signed or initialed before start (updated annually where noted)
• Fingernail policy violations may result in being sent home from shifts