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

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Emergency Room

Yuma, AZ

Contract | Rotating Shifts | Onsite

• Provide emergency nursing care in a high-volume Emergency Department seeing approximately 200 patients per day across a 52-bed department with 4 trauma bays and 6 fast track beds.
• Manage patient ratios of 1:5 for medical patients and 1:6 for fast track, including care for STEMI and stroke receiving patients.
• Independently read and interpret telemetry in addition to support from monitor technicians.
• Administer and monitor ICU-level drips for hold patients, coordinating with ICU staff as needed.
• Accompany critical patients during transport to dedicated in-department CT and X-ray.
• Float on an as-scheduled basis to a freestanding ER location approximately 15 minutes away.

• Active RN licensure.
• Minimum of two years of Emergency Room experience, with Trauma Level I or Level II experience (cumulative) within the past two years — Level III, Critical Access Hospital, or lower experience does not meet this requirement.
• Current BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NIHSS certifications required.
• Proficiency with Epic EMR, used within the last five years.
• Ability to work a rotating schedule including varied shift start times and a minimum of 4 weekend shifts per 4-week block.
• Must reside outside of the applicable radius restriction zone.

• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification preferred.
• Experience with Glidescope, Hamilton, and Phillips ventilators.
• Familiarity with ICU-level drip management in an emergency department setting.

• Work in a fast-paced, high-acuity Emergency Department that operates with trauma-level intensity, supported by dedicated RT, ED techs, monitor techs, in-house security, and a multidisciplinary clinical team including board-certified pediatric providers.
• Benefit from a structured orientation program and modified self-scheduling to support work-life balance.