ER RN
Lee's Summit, MO
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Days

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 23, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

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

Details

• Combined adult/pediatric General Emergency Department in a 240-bed, 32-room community hospital
• STEMI and Stroke Certified facility
• Day shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts with varied start times of 10a, 11a, and 12p
• Nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:4
• Weekend requirement of every third weekend or 8 weekend shifts within a 6-week schedule, combination of Fri/Sat/Sun
• Floating required across all SLHS Metro Emergency Departments, including between departments, units, and facilities as needed
• Charge RN assignments and holiday shifts as needed
• Epic charting system required

Requirements

• Active RN license - Missouri or Kansas, or compact license, required in hand at time of consideration
• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, PALS
• Minimum 2 years of recent Emergency Department experience required, including a full year of in-specialty experience within the past 12 months with no employment gaps greater than 90 days
• Previous Charge RN experience required
• Prior travel nursing experience required
• Extensive pediatric emergency skills required: abdominal pain, asthma, burns, epiglottitis, head injury, hyperglycemia, identifying/reporting abuse, infections, mental/behavioral health conditions, poison ingestion, respiratory infections, seizures, sickle cell crisis, skin disorders, and UTIs
• Psychiatric care skills required: acute psychosis, drug overdose, managing violent behavior, psychiatric holds, and suicidal patients
• IV therapy/phlebotomy skills required: arterial line management, blood product administration, central line care, phlebotomy, and IV starts
• Respiratory skills required: chest tube insertion/management, CPAP/BiPAP, ABG interpretation, intubation, and ventilated patient care
• Medication administration skills required: continuous IV paralytics, continuous IV sedation, emergency medications, and IV vasopressors
• Neurological skills required: CVA management
• Cardiac monitoring skills required: dysrhythmia interpretation/management, multisystem organ dysfunction/failure management, and 12-lead EKG acquisition
• Isolation precautions/PPE and triage skills required
• Orthopedic splinting skills required
• Two professional references required, one from a supervisor and one from a charge RN, both from within the past year

Additional Information

• Provide emergency care to a combined adult and pediatric patient population in a STEMI and Stroke Certified facility
• Navy scrub color required
• First-time travelers are not accepted for this role
• Candidates must reside at least 75 miles from the facility; no local candidates accepted
• Maximum RTO of 7 days permitted
• Previous BJC or Saint Luke's employees must have a 3-month break in service after 18 months of tenure, and permanent employees must wait 1 year before returning as a travel contractor
• Near drowning pediatric experience and procedural sedation administration/monitoring are preferred but not required