Description

American Traveler is hiring an RN for an Emergency Department position requiring Level I Trauma Center experience and a compact or CT RN license.

Details

• Work in the Emergency Department of a Level I Trauma Center at a short-term acute care hospital
• General ED serving combined adult/pediatric populations
• STEMI and Stroke Certified facility
• Average patient ratio of 1:6 for both day and night shifts
• Night shift schedule (4x12 hours, 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM)
• Required to work every other weekend
• Primarily assigned to one campus with possibility of crosstraining and floating to other campuses and ED observation units
• No on-call requirements
• Travelers do not staff trauma/rescue rooms, triage, or locked behavioral health units
• Uses Epic charting system

Requirements

• Active RN license (Compact or CT State license) required
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, TNCC, NIHSS
• Preferred certifications: CPI, ENPC, PALS
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience required, 1.5 years accepted from a Level I Trauma facility or with travel experience
• Level I Trauma experience required
• Level II Trauma experience preferred
• Teaching hospital and community hospital experience preferred
• Prior travel nursing experience required
• Epic charting experience preferred
• Pending license accepted for consideration
• Flu vaccine required with no declinations accepted
• COVID vaccine and booster required, with religious or medical exemptions only

Additional Information

• Deliver emergency nursing care across a wide range of acute and trauma presentations, including gunshot wounds, traumatic amputations, and multisystem organ dysfunction
• Manage cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation, and 12-lead EKG acquisition
• Provide care for psychiatric emergencies including acute psychosis, suicidal patients, and managing violent behavior
• Perform IV therapy, phlebotomy, arterial line management, and blood product administration
• Skilled in respiratory support including BiPAP/CPAP management, intubation, and ABG interpretation
• Experience with neurological emergencies such as CVA, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury
• Apply splints and manage orthopedic trauma cases as needed
• Utilize isolation precautions and PPE per facility protocol
• Contracts of 13-26 weeks will be considered
• Open to accommodating block scheduling
• RTO requests greater than 7 days require additional approval
• First-time travelers are not accepted for this position
• Local candidates are not accepted; candidates must live outside a 75-mile radius of the facility
• Returning staff must have been separated from the facility for at least 2 years to be considered as a traveler
• One reference required for consideration
• Travelers are expected to participate in natural disaster or emergency response activities as needed