Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Emergency Room. This high-acuity emergency nursing position provides care to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a regional referral setting for trauma, cardiac, and stroke cases. The role includes emergency care, triage, stabilization, and management of complex patient conditions.
Job Details
- Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts with a minimum of 36 hours per week; weekend coverage is required, typically every other weekend. On-call coverage is not required.
- Required Qualifications:
- Two years of experience
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification
- Compact license in hand at submission
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Electronic charting system experience
- Level I trauma experience
- Additional Information:
- Provides care for a high-acuity emergency population, including trauma, cardiac, and stroke patients
- Typical patient population includes individuals older than 18, with trauma patients as young as 15
- Expected patient ratio is one Registered Nurse to four patients
- Responsibilities include continuous intravenous sedation, intracranial pressure monitoring, interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, and triage
- Supports ST-elevation myocardial infarction care, stroke care, and trauma care through definitive treatment
- Work in the Emergency Department holding area is required
- Uses rapid infusers, defibrillators, and patient monitors
- Interdisciplinary support includes intravenous therapy, physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretary services
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
