ED - Emergency Room

Opportunity:

RN - ER

Job Details:

• 13-week travel assignment in the Adult Emergency Department
• Night shift schedule: 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, 4x12-hour shifts
• No rotating shifts
• 12 weekend shifts required per contract
• Staffing ratio of 1:10 for all shifts
• Patient population includes adults and geriatrics
• 36-hour hospital orientation required
• Scrubs color: Green
• Documentation system: EPIC (required)
• Medication system: Omnicell
• At least 2 years of Emergency Department RN experience required
• Active New York State RN license required
• Patient ratio experience of 1:6 required
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• First-time travelers accepted
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, and PALS
• Clinical skills include cardiac monitoring, interpretation of dysrhythmias, and management of multisystem organ dysfunction
• IV therapy skills required including arterial line management, blood product administration, central line care, and phlebotomy
• Medication administration experience required including continuous IV paralytics, IV sedation, IV vasopressors, and procedural sedation
• Neurological care experience including CVA, ICP monitoring, neuro-trauma, and traumatic brain injury
• Orthopedic skills including managing and applying splints and orthopedic trauma
• Psychiatric care experience including acute psychosis, drug overdose, managing violent behavior, and suicidal patients
• Respiratory care skills including BiPAP/CPAP management, ventilated patient care, chest tube management, and arterial blood gas interpretation
• Triage and isolation precautions/PPE experience required
• Work setting is a non-trauma, general ED combined adult/pediatric environment at a STEMI and stroke-certified facility