Emergency Room Registered Nurse (RN)

Job Description

The Emergency Room Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing high-quality care to patients in a fast-paced environment. This role requires strong clinical skills and the ability to handle critical situations effectively. The RN will work as part of a dedicated team, ensuring optimal patient outcomes.

Required Skills, Certifications, and Experience

• Minimum Years of Experience: 2-3 years in emergency department
• Traveler Experience: Accepts first-time travelers
• Local Candidates: Accepted
• Core Skills:
  • IV Start
  • Triage
  • Telemetry
  • Conscious Sedation
  • Interpretation and Management of Dysrhythmias
  • Procedural Sedation Administration
• Certifications:
  • ACLS
  • BCLS
  • NIH Stroke Scale
  • PALS
  • MOAB (training offered)

Preferred Skills, Certifications, and Experience

• Skills:
  • Critical care patients
  • Trauma experience
  • Triage
  • Boarding inpatients
• Certifications:
  • ENPC
  • TNCC

Job Details

• Patient Ratios: 1:4, with flexibility based on acuity
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 12-hour nights (18:45 – 07:15)
• RTO: Maximum of 7 days for acceptance
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend (Saturday and Sunday)

Patient Diagnoses and Unit Details

This role is set in a community hospital environment, managing a wide range of patient conditions. The emergency unit is stroke certified, providing immediate care like t-PA and TNK and facilitating transfers for further intervention. There are no trauma services on-site; patients requiring such care will be transferred accordingly. The unit caters to patients across the entire age spectrum.

Special Equipment and Systems Used

• Alaris IV Pumps
• Medication and lab specimen scanning systems
• Unit Systems: Pyxis, EPIC

Orientation and Scrubs

• Orientation: 2 shifts of 12 hours each; the first week includes daily classes
• Scrubs: Navy and/or White

Additional Notes

All candidates must pass EKG testing prior to the start of this specialty role.