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Registered Nurse - Telemetry

📍 Bakersfield, california · · · 36 hrs/week

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Candidate pay rate:$68.6/hr ≈ $2,470/wk before stipends Quick apply or call (408) 441-9200

Job description

Registered Nurse - Telemetry

Start Date: 10-26-2026

End Date: 01-25-2027

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $68.60 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Education

  • Charting System: Cerner
  • Unit Notes: - Unit: 4W Telemetry
  • # beds: 31 beds (11 private & 10 semi-private)
  • Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS are required
  • Ratios: 1 to 4
  • EMR: Cerner
  • Charge Nurse: Shift Manager & a Resource Nurse
  • Nurse Aides: Yes - 2 on days & 1 on nights
  • Weekend Requirement: 4 shifts out of 4 week schedule.
  • Weekend shifts for nights are Fri/Sat & Sat Sun for days
  • Holidays: Travelers are expected to work into the perm staff holiday rotation schedule (1 major holiday & 1 minor holiday)
  • Scrub Color: Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black.
  • Tele: Phillips *Must be able to read & interpret all cardiac rhythms
  • Vents: Cpap or Bipap (per RT)
  • Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes - on call after hours
  • IV Team: No
  • RT 24/7: Yes
  • Call requirements: must report within 30 mins if placed on stand by/call
  • Pharmacy 24/7: Yes & Omnicell
  • Shifts: 12's 7 - 7:30. Block scheduling allowed if the needs of the unit are met, but not guaranteed.
  • Floating: Travelers are the 1st to float. Could possibly float between MSW & MHB because they are under the same license, travelers may float between the two. They would float to 2W Med Surg remote tele, Med Surg SW, some to ICU for tele MS hold, or ER holds.
  • Floor specific orientation: 1-2 shifts w/ preceptor
  • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Post pacer, hemodialysis, no cardiac/surgical patients, new onset afib, or RVR. CP sent out. Stepdown from ICU, surgical patients, urology patients: Cystoscopy. Oncology patients would transfer if they have cardiac problems to be monitored. Rare ortho patients. Some correctional patients (federal not State), strokes, TBI, high acuity, heavy patients, a lot of patients with bedsores, about 1/3 from nursing homes, peg tubes, sepsis, etc...
  • Years of Experience: 2
  • Shift Notes: Days, EOW, first to float
  • Specialty: Telemetry (4W)
  • Start Date: 2026-10-26
  • End Date: 2027-01-25
  • Created Date: 2026-10-05
  • Required Hours/Week: 36
  • Positions: 1
  • Short Description: RN (Registered Nurse)
  • Contract Type:

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Ready to start your next adventure as a Registered Nurse - Telemetry? Let's get you moving forward!

Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.

Why UHCS

Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.