Job Title: Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Emergency Room
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Day
Hours per Shift: 12 hours (07:00 - 19:30)
Experience: Minimum of 2 years
License: Must have an active state RN License
Certifications: ACLS, BLS, CPI, NIHSS, PALS Required
Must-Have:
- Previous charge experience preferred
- Experience with charting system preferred, Epic experience preferred
Description:
Start date: 10/12/2026
Weekend coverage is required every other weekend.
Holidays are required as they fall on the schedule.
First-time travelers are accepted.
Candidates must possess a minimum of 2 years of experience.
Certifications required include ACLS, BLS, CPI, NIHSS, PALS, and TNCC.
Skills needed include:
- Abdominal pain
- Acute psychosis
- Asthma
- BiPAP/CPAP management
- Blood product administration
- Care of ventilated patients
- Central line care/management
- Chest tube insertion/management
- Continuous IV sedation
- Management of cerebrovascular accidents
- Drug overdose treatment
- Emergency medication administration
- Epiglottitis treatment
- General emergency department care
- Gunshot wound management
- Head injury care
- Hyperglycemia treatment
- Identifying and reporting neglect or abuse
- Infection management
- Interpretation of arterial blood gases
- Interpretation of dysrhythmias
- Intubation
- Isolation precautions and PPE
- IV vasopressor administration
- Splint application and management
- Management of dysrhythmias
- Caring for patients with multisystem organ dysfunction or failure
- Managing violent behavior
- Mental and behavioral health conditions
- Near drowning management
- Obtaining 12 lead EKG/ECG
- Ortho trauma care
- Phlebotomy
- Poison ingestion management
- Procedural sedation administration and monitoring
- Respiratory infection treatment
- Seizure management
- Skin disorder care
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- STEMI certified facility experience
- Stroke certified facility experience
- Caring for suicidal patients
- Traumatic amputation management
- Triage experience
- Urinary tract infection management
Patient age groups include adolescents, adults, pediatrics, and geriatrics.
Interdisciplinary support includes respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and unit secretaries.
Candidates must be comfortable floating within scope with no restrictions or special requests.
There's a maximum of 7 days of requested time off allowed.
Most locations will allow for one major holiday off during the winter season.
Candidates must be away for at least 6 months from the system after completing an assignment to return.
All former staff members must be away for 12 months before returning as a traveler.
Most locations will allow for one contract and one extension before a 6-month break is required.
Compliance deadlines must be met for documentation submission prior to the start of the position.