Emergency Department RN
Kirksville, MO
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Days

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Aug 24, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ER RN for a 13-week travel assignment requiring at least 2 years of ED experience and prior travel nursing experience.

Details

• Work in the Emergency Services department of a 93-bed hospital with an 11-bed ED unit
• Level III Trauma Center, ACC Chest Pain/STEMI Center, and Joint Commission Acute Ready Stroke Center
• Small ED with high acuity, averaging approximately 1100 patient visits per month
• Care for patients of all ages from neonates to elderly presenting with ESI levels 1-5
• Typical patient ratio of 4-5:1 assuming ESI level 3 average acuity
• Treat stroke, STEMI, trauma, and sepsis patients
• No inpatient psych unit; psych patients are boarded in the ED until placement is secured
• ED RNs make placement calls for psych patients during night and weekend shifts
• Day shift schedule from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM with weekend requirements
• Floating to other departments required when not needed in the ED, averaging about 1 shift per 13-week assignment
• EMR system is MEDHOST EDIS
• Medication dispensing via Omnicell; no barcode medication scanning currently in use in the ED
• Night shift RNs required to mix some medication drips using vial to bag adapters

Requirements

• Active RN license (MO state or compact) required
• Current BLS, ACLS, PALS, and TNCC certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of recent ED RN experience required
• At least 1 year of travel nursing experience required
• Certifications must not expire within the first 30 days of assignment start
• Required skills: triage, PIV insertion, port access/deaccess, foley placement, NG/OG tube placement, wound care, splint/OCL application
• Must be able to assist with arterial line, central line, and chest tube placement
• US guided IV skills preferred
• Must be willing to answer call lights and transport patients
• No employment gaps of 90 days or more in the past 12 months

Additional Information

• Perform rapid triage and assessment of ED patients in a team-based, direct-to-bed care model
• Ensure appropriate EMTALA paperwork is completed per regulatory and hospital policy guidelines
• Willingness to precept eventually required, though not immediately; prior preceptor or charge experience preferred but not mandatory
• Scrub requirement: any solid color
• Candidates must not have worked at this health system as permanent staff within the past 2 years
• Does not accept local candidates within a 50-mile radius
• RTO requests must be less than 1 week
• First-time travelers will be considered as long as the 1+ year travel experience requirement is met