Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Emergency Room
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: Day
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Minimum 1 year required
License: Valid nursing license in hand at the time of submission
Certifications: ACLS, BLS, CPI, TNCC
Must-Have: Epic charting experience required; BSN preferred; candidates must float within scope if needed
Description:
The role involves providing emergency care for adult patients in a high-acuity environment.
Candidates will care for patients experiencing trauma, burns, medical emergencies, and psychiatric crises.
This unit serves a diverse patient population and offers advanced care for cardiac, trauma, pediatric, obstetric, and gynecologic emergencies.
Emergency care is provided for over 80,000 patients annually.
The unit has a daily census of 60-80 with around 1,000 visits per day.
There are 64 rooms and beds available for patient care.
Interdisciplinary support is present from respiratory services, interpretation services, radiology, pharmacy, and social services.
The environment is fast-paced, requiring critical thinking and detailed physical assessments.
Candidates should possess skills in arterial line management, CPAP/BiPAP management, care of ventilated patients, and starting and maintaining IVs.
Patients at this facility may require management of dysrhythmias and administration or monitoring of procedural sedation.
Experience with conscious sedation and management of patients requiring vasopressors is essential.
Candidates will need to have 3 years of previous charge experience.
All ER candidates will be required to submit to a fingerprinting process as part of their compliance with local regulations.