How to hire a telemetry registered nurse

How to hire a telemetry registered nurse, step by step

Here's a step-by-step telemetry registered nurse hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a telemetry registered nurse job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new telemetry registered nurse
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the telemetry registered nurse you need to hire. Certain telemetry registered nurse roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a telemetry registered nurse to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a telemetry registered nurse that fits the bill.

   Here's a comparison of telemetry registered nurse salaries for various roles:

   Type of Telemetry Registered Nurse	Description	Hourly rate
   Telemetry Registered Nurse	Registered nurses (RNs) provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.	$25-73
   Nurse	Nurses are medical professionals assigned to a specific department in the hospital and provide their trusted department services. Nurses are in charge of taking patients' medical histories, getting vital signs, preparing patients for checkups or procedures, explaining upcoming practices, answering any questions, and communicating any concerns to the assigned doctor... Show more	$18-41
   Staff Nurse	Staff nurses are registered nurses who are usually assigned to work in a care home, a company, or in a clinical setting. They advise the physical assessments of patients, employees, and residents... Show more	$20-52

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Patients
   • BLS
   • Acls
   • Acute Care
   • Quality Care
   • Electrocardiogram
   • Rehabilitation
   • Compassion
   • CPR
   • Direct Patient Care
   • Blood Pressure
   • Patient Safety
   • Discharge Planning
   • EKG

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
   • Care for patients suffering from CHF, post-MI, unstable angina, and various other cardiac disorders.
   • Discharge planning and teaching for post myocardial infarction and angina patients.
   • Work with certify ACLS team members to resuscitate patients in cardiac arrest.
   • Receive patients from PACU, doctors' offices and ER to the floor for admission.
   • Provide services including but not limit to; triage of patients, daily care of wounds and diabetic needs.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your telemetry registered nurse job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A telemetry registered nurse can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, telemetry registered nurses' average salary in iowa is 49% less than in rhode island.
   • Seniority. Entry-level telemetry registered nurses 65% less than senior-level telemetry registered nurses.
   • Certifications. A telemetry registered nurse with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a telemetry registered nurse's salary.

   Average telemetry registered nurse salary

   $91,416yearly

   $43.95 hourly rate

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   Entry-level telemetry registered nurse salary

   $54,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 13, 2026

   Average telemetry registered nurse salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Massachusetts	$140,223	$67
   2	New Jersey	$137,340	$66
   3	Connecticut	$135,503	$65
   4	Maryland	$130,956	$63
   5	New York	$128,564	$62
   6	California	$120,696	$58
   7	Maine	$119,911	$58
   8	Pennsylvania	$118,075	$57
   9	Oregon	$111,397	$54
   10	Nevada	$109,601	$53
   11	Illinois	$106,319	$51
   12	Virginia	$102,497	$49
   13	West Virginia	$100,218	$48
   14	Michigan	$99,131	$48
   15	Arizona	$97,505	$47
   16	Georgia	$89,548	$43
   17	Washington	$88,261	$42
   18	Missouri	$87,990	$42
   19	Kentucky	$87,397	$42
   20	Kansas	$85,659	$41

   Average telemetry registered nurse salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Dignity Health	$124,578	$59.89	669
   2	Baptist Health Care	$118,747	$57.09	42
   3	Scripps Health	$117,157	$56.33	85
   4	Valley Presbyterian Hospital	$115,583	$55.57	16
   5	Tri-City Medical Center	$112,937	$54.30	13
   6	Soliant	$110,439	$53.10
   7	Accountable Healthcare Holdings Corp.	$109,308	$52.55	19
   8	Maxim Healthcare Group	$109,226	$52.51	2,146
   9	The Arora Group	$109,040	$52.42	93
   10	Stability Healthcare	$108,383	$52.11	1,357
   11	Aya Healthcare	$108,067	$51.96	158
   12	Medical City Arlington	$107,614	$51.74	163
   13	MAS Medical Staffing	$106,739	$51.32	606
   14	trustaff	$105,239	$50.60	1,813
   15	Tenet Healthcare	$104,668	$50.32	1,202
   16	Monster Products	$103,934	$49.97
   17	MelroseWakefield Healthcare	$103,802	$49.90	5
   18	Belle Fountain Nursing & Rehab	$102,948	$49.49
   19	Cottage Health	$102,892	$49.47	42
   20	Interim HealthCare	$102,783	$49.41	799

4. Writing a telemetry registered nurse job description

   A telemetry registered nurse job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a telemetry registered nurse job description:

   Telemetry registered nurse job description example

   The Medical Telemetry Units at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, G80, H80, and H81 provides care to adult patients, including a large geriatric population, with a wide variety of acute and chronic medical conditions. Our patients often present conditions such as congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, pneumonia, diabetes, sepsis, gastrointestinal bleed, rule out myocardial infarction and angina. Many of our patients have complex multi-system failure issues. On H81, we feature a 4-bed Close Observation unit that is utilized for patients who meet criteria and would benefit from being monitored more closely for a variety of safety reasons. Our dedicated and highly trained nursing caregivers deliver world-class patient care through an intricate nursing care model that is rooted in evidence-based practice and always puts patients first.
   Unit Highlights
   • Medical telemetry
   • G80 34 Beds
   H80 34 Beds
   H81 36 Beds - includes COU (sitter needed for patient)
   • Skill Mix: RN, PCNA/CT
   • 12 Hour shifts, every other weekend
   • Flexible self-scheduling
   • Dedicated unit support by Clinical Nurse & Nursing Professional Development Specialists
   • Strong partnership and collaboration with unit based providers
   • Active Shared Governance Council
   • ANCC Magnet designated hospital Responsibilities: Participates in a residency core curriculum based on their individual learning needs. Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Establishes and/or revises priorities for patient care activities based on the following: acuity of need, patient preference, and resource availability. Initiates and/or maintains interventions to assure continuity of safe/effective care for patients. Responds to data indicating risk to individual's health and initiates action to correct, reduce, or prevent the risk. Seeks supervision, consultation, assistance when unable to perform safely and independently. Complies with established hospital/department personnel policies. Uses communication strategies in order to achieve desirable outcomes. Documents in patient's medical record according to established guidelines. Other duties as assigned. Education: Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing. BSN preferred Certifications: Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN). Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA). If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department. Complexity of Work: Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action. Work Experience: New grad or less than one year RN work experience or if experience RN moving from non-inpatient to acute direct care clinical inpatient setting with less than one year current acute direct patient care RN experience. Physical Requirements: Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination. Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range. Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours. Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids. Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work. Personal Protective Equipment: Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures. Keywords: G80, H80, H81, Internal Medicine

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find telemetry registered nurses for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your telemetry registered nurse job on Zippia to find and attract quality telemetry registered nurse candidates.
   • Use niche websites such as healthcarejobsite, health jobs nationwide, hospitalcareers, medreps.com.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting telemetry registered nurses requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new telemetry registered nurse

   Once you've found the telemetry registered nurse candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new telemetry registered nurse. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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