ER RN
Des Moines, IA
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Dec 7, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced Emergency Department RN for a night shift travel assignment requiring Level II trauma experience and active TNCC certification.

Details

• Emergency Department setting with a 36-bed unit treating all patient types, including adults
• Patient ratio of 4:1
• Night shift, 3x12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week
• Requires every 4th weekend
• No on-call requirements
• Experience with drips including sedation, vasoactive, vasopressors, heparin, insulin, pain control, and antiarrhythmics
• Requires proficiency reading telemetry strips
• Uses Epic EMR
• Float required across multiple campuses (Iowa Methodist MC, Iowa Lutheran, and Iowa Methodist)

Requirements

• Active IA RN license or compact/multistate license required at time of submission
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification (AHA or ARC)
• Active TNCC certification required
• NIHSS certification preferred, may obtain during onboarding
• Minimum 15 months of recent emergency medicine experience required
• Minimum 36 months of Emergency Department/Emergency Room experience required
• Must have worked in 2 or more designated Trauma II facilities within the previous 15 months
• Recent or current Level I trauma experience highly preferred
• Recent or current travel nursing experience required
• Driver's license required for consideration
• Professional reference from a supervisor, charge nurse, manager, director, CNO, or COO within the last 24 months preferred

Additional Information

• Provide emergency nursing care across a variety of acute and critical patient presentations
• Required to wear solid navy blue scrubs
• Required to work 1 of 2 upcoming winter holidays (Christmas Eve/Day or New Year's Eve/Day) unless the unit is closed
• Must live at least 50 miles from the facility, based on driver's license address
• Past UnityPoint Health employees (FTE or PRN float pool) are ineligible to work travel assignments in another market within 12 months of separation