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Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
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Hours: 36 hrs/wk
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Start Date: Jul 20, 2026
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Length: 17 weeks
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Openings: 2
American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a night shift Emergency Room position requiring at least 2 years of ER experience, prior travel experience, and a GA or compact RN license.
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Acute care hospital Emergency Room setting with 12 beds, including 2 trauma bays, 1 fast track area (ESI 4-5) with 4 clinic rooms, and 1 seclusion room for psychiatric holds
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Patient population spans neonates to geriatrics, ranging from minor walk-in cases to trauma; trauma cases are stabilized and airlifted out, and pediatric patients are transferred out
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Averages approximately 70 patient visits per day
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Nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:4
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EMR: MEDITECH
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12-hour night shifts; shift starts at 6:45 PM
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Every other weekend required
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Holidays rotate with permanent staff
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No floating required
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Unit-level orientation consists of 3 shifts (16 hours total)
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Ventilator management is part of the role
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Nurses perform their own lab draws
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IV team available for midlines and difficult sticks (8 AM–5 PM, Monday–Friday)
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Respiratory therapy available 24/7; pharmacy is in-house during the day and accessible via Omnicell or a main facility pharmacist until midnight
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Active GA or compact RN license required
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Current certifications required: BLS (AHA), ACLS (AHA), PALS (AHA), NIHSS, CPI, and TNCC
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Minimum 2 years of Emergency Room experience required
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At least 1 prior travel nursing contract required
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MEDITECH EMR experience preferred
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Driver's license required for consideration
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Must reside more than 75 miles from the facility to be eligible for placement
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Supported by a team that includes 1 paramedic per shift (typically runs clinic and responds to traumas/codes), at least 1 ER tech per shift, nurse externs, charge nurses (who do not take patients), and security/patient sitters for 1:1 psych hold observation
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1 attending physician and 2 mid-level providers staff the department per shift on staggered schedules
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Scrub colors: hunter green pants, white top, and white jacket required
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Candidates who have been employed by the facility within the last 12 months are not eligible for placement
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Any time off or scheduling requests must be submitted prior to the start of the assignment
