Medical Surgical / Telemetry RN
Evansville, Indiana
Deaconess Hospital

Registered Nurse

Job Overview

• Specialty: Medical Surgical / Telemetry
• Location: Evansville, Indiana
• Employment type: Travel
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 12-hour days, 6:30 AM–7:00 PM
• Guaranteed hours: 36 per week

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Indiana
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Med Surg / Telemetry (2 years of experience)
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• Trauma level II experience
• Experience with Epic

Schedule / Assignment Details

• Bi-weekly orientation
• First to float within skillset
• May float to another campus and potentially to a second campus
• 3 weekends out of every 6-week schedule
• Every other holiday
• No call requirement

Clinical Setting

• Cardiac renal unit
• High-acuity telemetry / medical-surgical patient population
• 41-bed unit
• Teaching hospital; may require precepting students and new hires

Key Skills / Responsibilities

• Telemetry and 12-lead EKG interpretation
• Initiating and titrating drips
• PIV insertion
• Chest tube and indwelling drain management
• CBI
• Managing stable drips
• Nephrostomy tube care

Additional Notes

• No local candidates within a 40-mile radius
• Scrubs must not display competing health system or agency logos
• 3 call-ins can result in termination
• COVID-19 vaccine not required, subject to change