ER Registered Nurse
Gardner, MA
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Evenings

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Evenings, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Aug 10, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a travel RN for an Emergency Department position in Massachusetts, requiring prior travel experience and offering evening shifts in a combined adult/pediatric ED setting.

Details

• Work setting is a combined adult and pediatric general emergency department at a community hospital
• Patient ratio is 1:5
• Schedule is three 12-hour evening shifts per week, 3:00 PM – 3:00 AM, with a varied Sunday through Saturday schedule
• Every other weekend and every other holiday required
• No on-call or float requirements
• EMR system is Meditech (experience preferred); medication dispensing via Omnicell
• Patient population includes psychiatric, respiratory, neurological, cardiac, and multi-system cases

Requirements

• Active Massachusetts (MA) RN license required
• Current certifications required: BLS and ACLS (AHA-issued); PALS also required
• Minimum 1 year of emergency department nursing experience required
• Prior travel nursing experience required; first-time travelers will not be considered
• Experience with IV therapy, phlebotomy, emergency medications, and procedural sedation
• Experience with cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation, and 12-lead EKG/ECG
• Experience managing ventilated patients and care of patients with multisystem organ dysfunction
• Experience with psychiatric patients including acute psychosis, suicidal patients, and psychiatric holds (preferred)
• Meditech EMR experience preferred
• Previous charge nurse experience preferred
• Community hospital experience preferred

Additional Information

• Orientation includes 12 hours of unit-specific training plus additional hospital orientation
• Candidates residing within 30 miles of the facility are eligible but will receive a reduced travel pay rate
• Holiday coverage is expected on a rotating basis
• Time off requests should be kept to a minimum; no requests in the first two weeks and no full calendar weeks off are strongly preferred; all RTO must be approved prior to assignment start
• Scrubs of any color are acceptable
• Interview availability must be provided when applying, including time zone
• 2 professional references from a supervisor within the past 2 years required for consideration
• Full 7-year work history with all gaps explained required for consideration