Travel Nurse RN - Emergency Room (ER) / Trauma in Chandler, AZ

Key Responsibilities Provide direct patient care in a high-volume emergency department seeing approximately 80,000 visits per year, including trauma, MVAs, GSWs, CVA, MI, high-risk OB, psych holds, cardioversions, and conscious sedation cases. Maintain flexibility to work all rotating shift start times across days, mids, and nights; meet a minimum of 4 weekend shifts per schedule period and 2 of 3 holidays during the holiday season.

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Emergency Room

Location

Chandler, AZ | Acute Care

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Rotating Shifts | 12-Hour Shifts | Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care in a high-volume emergency department seeing approximately 80,000 visits per year, including trauma, MVAs, GSWs, CVA, MI, high-risk OB, psych holds, cardioversions, and conscious sedation cases
• Perform bedside triage and manage a patient population that includes approximately 11% pediatric patients; patients under 15 are stabilized and transferred
• Operate and monitor patients using GE Lifepack monitors and ventilators including Puritan Bennett 840, Draeger, Vision BiPAP, and V60s
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including physicians, midlevels, paramedics, CNAs, charge nurses, and unit secretaries at a certified chest pain center and certified stroke center
• Maintain flexibility to work all rotating shift start times across days, mids, and nights; meet a minimum of 4 weekend shifts per schedule period and 2 of 3 holidays during the holiday season
• Float between two ER locations approximately 7 miles apart, primarily on mid-shifts as needed

Required Qualifications

• Active RN license in good standing
• Minimum 2 years of recent ER/Trauma Level 1 experience required; experience must be within the past year
• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, TNCC or ATCN, and PALS or ENPC
• Must pass a dysrhythmia exam (via UNA only, maximum 2 attempts) within 48 hours of receiving an offer
• Must pass a PASS/FAIL Simulation Lab on day 1 of orientation; failure results in a 6-month do-not-use designation
• Must reside at least 50 miles from the facility; candidates may not have been employed full-time, part-time, or PRN at any affiliated network facility within the past year

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Experience in a high-acuity trauma environment with exposure to stroke, cardiac, and obstetric emergencies
• Familiarity with GE Lifepack monitoring systems and ventilator management
• Experience with moderate conscious sedation and competency in dysrhythmia recognition
• Prior charge nurse experience in an emergency department setting

Why Join Us

• Work in a fast-paced, high-volume emergency department that serves as both a certified chest pain center and a certified stroke center, offering broad clinical exposure
• Benefit from robust on-site support including 24/7 respiratory therapy, 24/7 pharmacy, and dedicated ER pharmacist coverage