Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry
San Leandro, California
San Leandro Hospital

Registered Nurse – MS/Tele

Location: San Leandro, California Employment type: Travel/Contract Contract length: 13 weeks Shift: Night, 3x12-hour shifts (19:00–07:30) Hours: 12 per day, 36 per week Weekends: Every other weekend On call: None Float: As needed to other MS/Tele units New travelers: Accepts first-time travelers

Required Qualifications

Licensure and certifications

• Current state RN license, verified within 15 days before start, in unencumbered status
• NURSYS license verification (RN), within 15 days before start, in unencumbered status
• ACLS (AHA only)
• BLS (AHA only)
• Orientation safety manual acknowledgement

Experience and skills

• 2 years of required experience
• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Rapid response and code team experience
• Peripheral line and care management
• Oxygen administration

Health and screening

• TB screening within 90 days: IGRA (QuantiFERON or T-SPOT), or 2 PPDs (first within a year, second within 90 days of start). A positive result requires a chest X-ray within 90 days.
• TB questionnaire, required regardless of TB result and updated annually
• Tdap within 10 years, or a signed declination (TD not accepted)
• Measles, mumps, and rubella: proof of 2 MMR vaccinations or a positive IgG titer
• Varicella: proof of 2 vaccinations or a positive IgG titer
• Hepatitis B: positive titer, or proof of 3-dose series or a signed declination
• Seasonal flu vaccine or declination during flu season
• Physical exam within 90 days, signed by an MD, DO, PA, NP, or APRN
• Color blind exam within 90 days
• Fit test within 90 days, required for all patient-facing positions (acceptable masks specified in source)
• Oral saliva drug screen within 30 days of start (rapid tests not accepted)

Background and documentation

• Background check within 90 days of start, including criminal searches and HHS/OIG, EPLS/GSA/SAM, and sanction checks
• Education verification (third-party verification of highest education level, must be complete before start)
• Employment application or resume covering the last 7 years
• Work history verification for the past 3 years
• Medication test and competency exam, required as applicable to placement
• Facility competencies and New Employee Orientation modules, due by 11:59 pm PST on the first day of the contract. Incomplete competencies within 14 days of start result in assignment termination. Competencies must be repeated if the clinician has been away from the system for 6 months or more.
• Photo ID (driver's license or passport) and a passport-style badge photo with no filters, submitted on the badge photo request form

Preferred Qualifications

• Charge nurse experience

Other Certifications Listed in Source

The source lists the following certifications, with a note to check the unit description to determine which are required and which are preferred. The source does not specify this for this role: NRP, CHEMO, EFM, Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB), NIH Stroke Certification, CPI, and PALS (AHA only).