Voca Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN ED - Emergency Department for a travel nursing job in Merced, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ED - Emergency Department
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/09/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Requirements – ID: 65781124
Position: Emergency Room (ER) Registered Nurse (RN) Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts (7:00 PM–7:00 AM) Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
1. Required Qualifications
- Nursing license: Valid RN license; license must be available at submission.
- ER experience: Strong Emergency Department nursing experience is needed. The posting does not specify a minimum number of years.
- Cerner EMR experience: Cerner experience is strongly emphasized and described as a must-have in the unit notes. Recent experience is preferred.
- Documentation: Strong, thorough clinical documentation skills.
- Education: BSN is not required.
- Interview: Profile review and manager interview required.
2. Required Certifications
- BLS (Basic Life Support)
- ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)
- NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale)
3. Clinical Skills and Experience
The candidate should be comfortable with:
- Emergency patient assessment, triage, and stabilization.
- Caring for patients with routine and complex emergency conditions.
- Cardiac monitoring and recognition of cardiac emergencies.
- Stroke assessment and emergency response.
- Caring for ER patients awaiting inpatient beds (ER holds).
- Managing a patient assignment with an approximate 1:4 nurse-to-patient ratio.
- Providing care in a busy emergency department averaging approximately 210 patient visits.
- Complying with EMTALA requirements for emergency care.
4. Schedule and Work Requirements
- Night shifts, 12 hours per shift.
- Work two weekends per four-week period.
- Work holidays as required by unit needs.
- No floating outside the ER.
- Self-scheduling is available, but the scheduler may rebalance schedules as needed.
- Travel teams are accepted, but matching schedules are not guaranteed.
- Orientation may include up to six shifts with a preceptor.
5. Unit and Facility Details
Category
Details
Unit
Emergency Department
Total patient-care rooms
33
Cardiac-monitored rooms
25
Charting system
Cerner
Trauma level
Not specified
BSN
Not required
Nurse-to-patient ratio
Approximately 1:4
Scrub color
Navy blue
Floating
No floating outside the ER
6. Candidate Submission Checklist
- Active RN license
- BLS certification
- ACLS certification
- NIHSS certification
- Cerner EMR experience, preferably recent
- Strong ER nursing experience
- Strong documentation skills
- Resume identifies which facility the candidate used Cerner at
- Availability for night shifts, weekends, and holidays
About Voca Healthcare
As a Voca Traveler, you will gain new clinical skills, visit amazing places and meet awesome healthcare professionals.
As a travel health professional, your experience and dedication to patient care is in high demand throughout the United States. Whether you are a veteran traveler looking for your next opportunity, or you are looking to travel for the first time, Voca is here to support you. Voca’s experienced and dedicated travel team works in concert with you every step of the way. Our long-standing partnerships with some of the most respected and recognized healthcare organizations in the country allow us to identify career opportunities to help you increase your knowledge and experience while working with some of the best physicians and healthcare professionals in the world. At Voca, we strongly believe a better career results in a happier you. We are here to help you find a position that is professionally and personally rewarding.
Benefits
- Holiday Pay
- 401k retirement plan
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Guaranteed Hours