Telemetry Registered Nurse
Boise, Idaho
St. Luke's Boise Medical Center

Job Summary: Registered Nurse (Telemetry)

Location: Boise, Idaho
Specialty: Telemetry (Floors 3 & 7)
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Required Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 2 years in telemetry nursing
• Specialty Experience: Must have post-procedural cardiac experience (cath lab, ablations, open heart surgery)
• Preferred Experience: PCU and Stepdown experience preferred
• Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS required
• Skills:

  • Ability to read, interpret, and document telemetry strips (twice per shift)
  • Experience with titratable drips including set rate cardiac drips, amiodarone, cardizem, dopamine, and dobutamine
  • Heparin drip titration required; insulin drip experience not required (training provided if needed)

Prior Travel Experience

• Prior travel experience preferred but not required

Unit Details

• Beds:

  • 3rd Floor: 20 beds (cardiac focus, post-op procedural, open heart post-op day 1, TAVRs, ablations, pacemakers, medical telemetry)
  • 7th Floor: 35 beds (general telemetry, post-procedural overflow, CHF, sepsis, electrolyte imbalances, post-stroke)
• Nurse:Patient Ratio: 1:4
• Support Staff:

  • 3rd Floor: 3 CNAs
  • 7th Floor: 5 CNAs
  • CNA ratio typically 1:8 depending on census and staffing
• Respiratory Therapy: RT available on each floor managing high respiratory needs (high flow, BiPAP, CPAP); RNs may assist but RT manages treatments
• Telemetry Techs: Remote telemetry techs on 3rd floor; nurses expected to read and interpret telemetry independently

Work Schedule & Environment

• Shift: 7am - 7pm
• Scheduling: Schedule made 6 weeks in advance; flexibility required to fill gaps; block scheduling not guaranteed (max 5 shifts in a row)
• Weekend Requirement: 5-6 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule (Days: Sat/Sun, Nights: Fri/Sat)
• Holiday Requirement: May be asked to work some holidays, but not all
• Floating: Travelers are first to float between floors 3 & 7 and may float to other medical-surgical or telemetry units within the hospital and sister facilities
• Orientation: 2 shifts (1 on 3rd floor, 1 on 7th floor)
• Dress Code: Any color scrubs allowed

Additional Notes

• Traveler-friendly facility with leadership that treats travelers like permanent staff
• High likelihood for contract extensions
• Charge nurse present on each unit, typically does not take patient assignments unless necessary
• Crisis and resource nurses available in-house if needed