Registered Nurse (RN) – Telemetry

Location: Manahawkin, NJ 08050
Job Type: Contract – No Benefits
Duration: 16 Weeks
Shift: Day Shift
Schedule: 3 × 12-Hour Shifts/Week | 12 Hours/Day | 36 Hours/Week
Weekend Requirement: Every Other Weekend
Holiday Requirement: None
On-Call: None
Floating: As Needed

Local Candidates: Accepted
Travelers: Accepted

Pay Rate

Local: $55–$57/Hour, Based on Experience
Travel: $56–$60/Hour, Based on Experience

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of recent Telemetry experience required.
• 3 years of experience preferred.
• Strong Telemetry/Step-Down experience required.
• Telemetry certification or successful completion of a Telemetry Competency Exam required.
• ASN required; BSN preferred.
• Graduation from an accredited nursing school required.
• Active New Jersey RN license or multi-state compact RN license required.
• Current BLS certification through AHA required.
• NIHSS certification required.
• Telemetry certification required.
• CEU Contact Stroke – 4 hours required.
• ACLS certification required.
• Strong clinical assessment, communication, and patient-care skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients and assist physicians with patient care.
• Assess patient conditions and determine priorities through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
• Plan, implement, and document nursing care based on patient needs, acuity, and clinical priorities.
• Develop, implement, and coordinate individualized plans of care through initial and ongoing assessments.
• Perform therapeutic nursing interventions.
• Manage care for assigned Telemetry/Step-Down patients.
• Monitor patients and promptly recognize changes in clinical condition.
• Respond appropriately to changes in patient status and escalate concerns when necessary.
• Document patient care according to applicable standards of practice, patient acuity, and clinical priorities.
• Provide safe, evidence-based, and patient-centered nursing care.
• Advocate for evidence-based nursing practices and support innovations in care delivery.
• Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure quality patient care.
• Float to other units as needed, within competency and scope of practice.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.