Job Summary
Emergency Room position for an experienced emergency nursing professional supporting a fast-paced, high-volume, high-acuity department. The role provides care for patients across the lifespan and a broad range of acuity levels, including trauma, behavioral health, cardiac, stroke, and critical care cases. Strong dysrhythmia interpretation and management skills are required.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; every-other-weekend coverage required. Friday–Sunday weekend block scheduling may be available.
- Required Qualifications: Minimum of 3 years of emergency nursing experience required; candidates with 2–3 years may be considered with Level I Trauma Center experience and at least one travel assignment. Travel experience required. Required certifications include Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS). Required experience includes electronic charting, interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, triage, emergency medications, procedural sedation monitoring, care of ventilated patients, intravenous vasopressors, blood product administration, chest tube management, central line management, isolation precautions, and starting and maintaining intravenous lines.
- Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience and Level I or Level II Trauma Center experience preferred. Additional preferred skills include Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), acute psychosis management, arterial line management, drug overdose care, gunshot wound care, neuro-trauma care, spinal cord injury care, traumatic brain injury care, traumatic amputation care, management of violent behavior, and suicidal patient care.
- Additional Information: Patient care includes neonates, infants, adolescents, adults, pediatrics, and geriatric patients. Standard patient ratios are 4:1, with assignments varying by acuity and care area. Responsibilities may include care in behavioral health, fast-track, rapid medical evaluation, and triage areas, as well as independent phlebotomy. An electronic cardiac rhythm interpretation examination must be successfully completed.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
