RN-Registered Nurse // Med Surg / Telemetry $1,246 weekly stipends $11 - $13/hour $396.0 - $468 weekly base pay Onsite Contract Starts 9/28/2026 13 weeks
Job Description
Day Shift 12 hours/day 3 days/week
Title: RN - MedSurg/Tele
Location: Macon Georgia 31201
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: 12hr Day Shift - 36
Shift Information: 7A-7P
Clinical Interviewing- Yes - Manager Approval to Offer
On Call, Call Back Requirements: None
Weekend Rotation: 6 shifts on a 6 week schedule (6 out of 12 shifts)
Holiday Requirements: Travelers will work 75% of holidays
Floating Requirements: all med surg / telemetry units
Start Date- 12th Oct
About Facility:
- 637 Licensed Beds
- Level 1 Trauma Designation
- Teaching Hospital
- Chest Pain Center
- Stroke Center
Unit Information:
- Beds: Each Med Surg unit has 20-36 beds
Minimum Years of Experience required: 2 years Med/Tele RN exp
- Will you accept a first-time traveler: Yes
Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
- Med surg / Telemetry – all inpatient med surg units
- Common diagnoses include but are not limited to:
- Patients with acute or chronic disease
- Co-morbidities common to med-surg population: diabetes, hypertension, infections, electrolytes imbalances, etc.
- Cardiac patients: post-cath, CHF, a-fib
- Post surgical: General, Ortho, Trauma
Patient Ratios:
- RN: 1:4-6
- LPN: 1:4-6
- CNA: up to 1:14
Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance:
- BLS required
- ACLS preferred – traveler will be required to pass and EKG competency exam during onboarding
- Certification in med surg is a plus
Skills required:
- Trach chare, chest tube management, PIV starts and IV maintenance, glucommander, strong assessment and time management skills, care coordination with interdisciplinary team, discharge planning knowledge, patient education
- Tele skills (required): monitoring and interpreting cardiac rhythms, post-cath, TR bands, post-cath groin site management (no sheath pulls)
- Drips (required): insulin, heparin, Cardizem, amiodarone, milrinone, Digoxin, nicardipine. Could titrate drips for HR but not for BP
- 6 months EPIC experience required
Support within the Department:
- CNA – will assist with Vitals, blood glucose checks, baths, bed changes, feeding if need, patient safety attendant; walk pts, turn pts
- Unit Secretary: on unit 7a-11p; then house wide call secretary 11p-7a
- Charge nurse: may or may not have patients
- Phlebotomy: Most units are lab collect phlebotomy; RNs draw off of CVLs
- IV/VAT Team: Not an IV team - do have a PICC team
- Resource Nurse: Yes, we have discharge nurses, and the Resource team floats to all units
- RT 24/7
- Hospitalist 24/7
- Intensivist 24/7
- Telemetry monitoring/tech: Central telemetry unit
Technology/Equipment:
- EMR: EPIC – 6 months EPIC experience required
- IV Pump: Alaris
- Med dispensing: Pyxis
- Monitors: Phillips
- Unit specific equipment: VS3 vital sign monitors, Nova Glucose Stat Strips,
Floating: If yes, where:
- Travelers are utilized in a float pool capacity – will be required to float to all Med/Tele units in house, as needed
- Will also float to ED for holds
Orientation (facility and unit):
- 1 day orientation with work on educational modules
- 2 days departmental
Other notes:
- Scrub Color: RN- Navy; LPN- Ceil Blue
- Parking: Free: Have free parking around campus or can pay to park in parking decks
- Unit Culture: Busy; Team Oriented
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