Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for an Emergency Department position at a STEMI and Stroke Certified community hospital, requiring 2 years of recent ED experience and both MO/KS or compact licensure.

Details

• Evening shift position, 3x12-hour shifts, 15:00–03:30
• 13-week contract
• 240-bed community hospital with a 32-room Emergency Department
• Combined adult and pediatric general ED at a STEMI and Stroke Certified facility
• Patient ratio of 1:4
• Charting performed in Epic (experience required)
• Every third weekend required, covering a combination of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday within Saint Luke's 6-week schedule period (8 weekend shifts per period)
• Floating required to all Saint Luke's Health System Metro EDs as needed
• No on-call requirements
• Navy scrubs required

Requirements

• Active MO RN license and KS RN license (or compact equivalent) must be in hand at time of consideration — both are required due to floating between facilities
• Minimum 2 years of recent ED specialty experience required, including at least 1 full year of in-specialty experience within the past 12 months with no employment gap greater than 90 days
• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NIHSS
• Pediatric skills required: abdominal pain, asthma, burns, epiglottitis, head injury, hyperglycemia, identifying and reporting abuse, infections, mental/behavioral health conditions, poison ingestion, respiratory infections, seizures, sickle cell crisis, skin disorders, and UTIs
• Psychiatric skills required: acute psychosis, drug overdose, managing violent behavior, psychiatric hold, and suicidal patient management
• IV therapy and phlebotomy skills required: arterial line management, blood product administration, central line care/management, phlebotomy, and starting IVs
• Respiratory skills required: chest tube insertion/management, CPAP/BiPAP, ABG interpretation, intubation, and ventilated patient management
• Medication skills required: continuous IV paralytics, continuous IV sedation, emergency medications, and IV vasopressors
• Neurological skills required: CVA management
• Cardiac and emergency response skills required: dysrhythmia interpretation and management, multisystem organ dysfunction/failure management, and 12-lead EKG acquisition
• Additional required skills: isolation precautions, triage, and splint application/management
• 2 professional references required: one must be supervisor level or above, the second may be a charge RN — both must be from individuals who have worked with the candidate within the past year
• Candidates must reside at least 75 miles from the facility to be eligible

Additional Information

• Preferred skills include near drowning (pediatric) and procedural sedation administration
• Charge RN assignments may be required as needed per unit
• Holiday shift coverage required as needed
• RTO is capped at 7 days for the duration of the contract
• First-time travelers are not accepted for this position
• Local candidates are not accepted; candidates residing within 75 miles of the facility are not eligible
• Travel partners are not accepted for this position
• Pre-employment compliance modules totaling approximately 10–15 hours are required prior to start
• Block scheduling is not available for this position
• Preferred skill: procedural sedation administration