Med Surg / Telemetry RN
Largo, Maryland
UM Capital Region Medical Center

Registered Nurse: MS/Tele-ER Border (Nights)

Overview

• Location: Largo, Maryland
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Start date: 12/14/2026
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Nights, 3x12 hours (19:30 to 08:00), 36 hours per week
• Staffing reason: Backfill for a nights position
• Candidate notes: First-time travelers accepted

Patient Assignment

• Unit size: 46 rooms
• Ratio: 1:6
• Census: Minimum 10 border patients, up to 40 daily
• Patient population: Wide variety, including complex ED admission diagnoses. This is a fast-paced, high-volume border role providing ER, MS/T, and IMC border patient care within scope.
• Float scope: May be required to float between ED borders, extenders to MS/T, and IMC units within specialty and scope

Schedule

• Weekends: Every other weekend required
• Holidays: Required as they fall, as scheduled
• On-call: Pre-scheduled call shifts not required
• Scrub color: Royal Blue

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Maryland
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Med Surg / Telemetry (2 years of experience)
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• CPI - Crisis Prevention Institute

Conditional Certifications

Required only if the unit description requires them:

• PALS (AHA only)
• NRP (AHA/AAP only)
• CHEMO
• TNCC
• EFM
• STABLE
• NIH Stroke Certification (updated annually)

Pre-Start Requirements

Health and screening

• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• TB screening within 1 year of start: negative QuantiFERON or TSPOT, or 2 PPDs (or a 2-step PPD if no PPD within 1 year). Updated annually.
• 9-panel drug screen within 30 days prior to start (instant test not accepted)
• Influenza vaccine or medical/religious exemption documentation for the 2026-27 season, due by 12/1 for working travelers
• Tdap within 10 years of start for units working with children (Peds, L&D, MBU, SCN, NICU)
• Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella: positive titer or 2 vaccines
• Hepatitis B: positive titer or declination
• Fit test within 1 year of start, updated annually
• Latex allergy questionnaire

Background and employment verification

• 7-year criminal search within 30 days of start, updated annually (includes SSN trace, sex offender, OFAC, and education verification)
• HHS/OIG and EPLS/SAM checks within 30 days of start
• Maryland State Exclusions List search within 30 days of start
• Felonies within the past 5 years are an automatic decline
• Work history verification for the previous 5 years
• Employment application completed within 30 days of start
• I-9 and E-Verify (or attestation)
• Government-issued photo ID

Competencies (within 1 year of start, 80% or higher)

• Competency exam
• Medication/pharmacology competency exam
• Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam (required for RN specialties)
• Age-specific competency exam
• Color blind testing

Onboarding paperwork

• Badge photo (passport style, white or beige background)
• Badge application within 72 hours of signing
• Confidentiality agreement before start
• Time-sensitive facility training test-out form