Emergency Department RN Job in Gardner, MA

You are an RN with emergency department experience, ready to provide direct patient care in a fast-paced, dynamic setting. This 91-day travel assignment at Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Massachusetts, offers you the opportunity to work three 12-hour day shifts per week, from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, with every other weekend and every other holiday off.

Your Responsibilities

• Assess, reassess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing interventions, plans of care, and patient goals
• Provide patient care based on standards of care, practice protocols, and established policies and procedures
• Perform and document initial assessments upon patient arrival and implement triage protocols
• Safely administer medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician orders, protocols, and policies
• Assess and reassess patient pain levels and notify physicians as needed
• Recognize normal and abnormal laboratory and diagnostic results and notify physicians of changes
• Safely administer vasoactive medications with understanding of dosage, action, use, side effects, and titration parameters
• Perform accurate and timely identification of cardiac arrhythmias
• Institute, monitor, and document thrombolytic and anticoagulation therapy standards and protocols
• Accurately interpret arterial blood gases, pulse oximetry, and clinical features of impaired gas exchange
• Identify patients at risk for potential or alleged abuse and initiate appropriate safety plans
• Complete required mandated reporting for domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, stabbings, gunshot wounds, burns, and sexual assault
• Collect and document forensic evidence and maintain chain of evidence per policy
• Provide patient and family teaching based on identified learning needs
• Collaboratively plan and prepare patients and families for discharge
• Appropriately delegate and supervise nursing interventions performed by others

Requirements

• Minimum 3–5 years of ED experience preferred
• Associate's degree in nursing required; Bachelor's degree preferred
• Current Massachusetts RN license required
• ACLS required upon hire or active BLS with AHA ACLS obtained within 60 days of hire
• AHA PALS required within six months of hire
• TNCC, ENPC, and CEN preferred

Your weekly pay is $2,337. Assignment begins November 2, 2026.