Travel Telemetry RN 12-Hour Nights | Shreveport, LA
Take your telemetry nursing expertise to a 30-bed unit with a strong focus on postoperative urology care and diverse medical-surgical overflow. This assignment offers 12-hour night shifts, a $46.90 hourly pay rate, weekly direct deposit, and a 10/19/2026 start date at a leading facility in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Quick Facts
- Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
- Start Date: 10/19/2026
- End Date/Duration: 01/16/2027; approximately 13 weeks
- Shift: 12-hour nights
- Hours/Week: Alternating 3- and 4-shift weeks; approximately 3648 hours per week
- Employment Type: Travel contract assignment
- License/Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS; RN license details not provided
- Experience: 2 years of experience required; first-time travelers must have 2 years of permanent staff RN experience in acute care
Pay & Benefits
- Hourly Pay Rate: $46.90
- Competitive pay packages
- Weekly pay schedule via direct deposit
- Comprehensive medical benefits for W-2 employees
- Robust referral bonus program
- 24/7 dedicated support throughout your assignment
- Paid sick time in accordance with applicable state, federal, and local laws
- Licensure, certification, travel, and other reimbursements when applicable
What Youll Do
- Provide nursing care for telemetry, medical-surgical, and postoperative patients.
- Care for patients recovering from urologic procedures, including prostatectomies, cystectomies, nephrectomies, and nephroureterectomies.
- Monitor and interpret cardiac rhythms for telemetry patients.
- Manage wound care, JP drains, wound vacs, hemodialysis catheters, fistulas, and PCA therapy.
- Provide pain management and administer non-titratable cardiac drips.
- Care for patients with conditions including sepsis, cellulitis, DVT/PE, CHF, COPD, COVID-19, and pneumonia.
- Float to medical-surgical areas within the hospital as needed.
What You Need
Required:- Registered Nurse experience in an acute-care setting
- 2 years of RN experience
- BLS certification
- ACLS certification
- NIHSS certification
- Telemetry and cardiac rhythm interpretation skills
- Ability to pass an EKG competency exam before arrival
- Experience with wound management, drains, wound vacs, PCA, pain management, and non-titratable cardiac drips
Preferred:- Previous travel nursing experience
- Experience caring for postoperative urology patients
About the Assignment
Youll join a 30-bed unit at a leading facility in Shreveport, Louisiana, caring primarily for postoperative urology patients along with medical-surgical and postoperative overflow. The department offers educational opportunities related to its growing urology focus and provides access to interdisciplinary support, including respiratory therapy, rehabilitation services, hospitalists, phlebotomy, and IV support. Weekend rotation is every other weekend, with no call required.
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