Registered Nurse / Telemetry
Job Description
Job Summary:
Telemetry Nursing (RN) position is located in an acute care hospital setting. The role involves providing patient care across various medical-surgical telemetry units, with responsibilities including cardiac monitoring, reading telemetry strips, and administering cardiac drips. The assignment requires willingness to float between multiple units and working a rotating schedule to support 24/7 operations.
Job Details:
- Schedule: 12-hour shifts with a minimum of 36 hours per week, rotating between days, evenings, and nights, including every other weekend.
- Required Qualifications: Active Massachusetts RN License, American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification, and a minimum of 2 years of acute care hospital experience in one location, and 2 years working as a traveler. Experience with telemetry monitoring, interpreting strips, and performing cardiac drips is preferred.
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience in telemetering, reading telemetry strips every 4 hours, and TR Band experience.
- Float: Float rotation may be required among 8 different units within the hospital.
- Additional Information: Responsible for cardiac monitoring, cardiac drip administration, reading telemetry strips, and caring for diverse patient populations including ED border patients, mental health unit medication nurses, and ICU transfer-ready patients. The facility has a bed count of 371 with unit census ranging from 8 to 41 beds. EMR system in use is EPIC.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
Speciality
Other
Experience
RN
Position Type
Travel
Salem, MA
2026-09-09
Agency Info
Cross Country Nurses
As one of the leading suppliers of travel healthcare professionals and a Best of Staffing® Talent Award winner, Cross Country Nurses offers thousands of opportunities for healthcare professionals across the country. We have relationships with more than 2,500 healthcare facilities nationwide and offer excellent compensation and one of the most comprehensive benefits packages in the industry. Have the freedom to decide where you want to work and take your career where you want it to go when you travel with us.




