ED RN
Macomb, IL
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Evenings
Referral Bonus

ER Traveling Nurse (RN)

Location: Macomb, Illinois Contract Length: 13 weeks Start Date: ASAP

Role Overview

• Experienced ER traveling nurse needed to cover a 13-week assignment at a western Illinois hospital.
• Work 12-hour shifts on evening and night shifts (36 hours per week).
• Unit: ER/ED with 11 beds/trauma bays.
• Not a trauma-designated, STEMI, or stroke center.
• Average of 40 patients treated in the ER per day.
• Patient ratios of 1:3 or 1:4.
• Common diagnoses: cardiac, respiratory, GI.
• Must-have skills: hardworking and reliable.

Required Qualifications

• Current Illinois RN license.
• BLS, ACLS, PALS, and SANE certifications.

Schedule and Expectations

• Every other weekend and every other holiday.
• Schedule is posted in 6-week blocks.
• Call is not required, but the nurse may pick up open call shifts.
• Occasional floating to other tasks.
• Dress code: grey top and black pants.
• Orientation: first week is 1:1 with the department clinical care coordinator, on a 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. shift. Orientation length varies based on EMR and department experience.

Department Details

• No fast track.
• Triage room is used only when patient rooms are full and is not staffed separately.
• Holding area is intermixed within the ER, and ER RNs manage holds.
• Two behavioral health safe rooms, not separate from other ER rooms.
• Security is not 24/7 and is not housed in the ER.
• Portable x-ray is available; radiology transports patients unless it is a STAT stroke head CT, in which case ER staff transport and monitor.
• Nurses attempt IV starts; phlebotomy follows and draws blood cultures.
• ED physician coverage is 24/7, with 12-hour NP coverage.
• Charge nurse takes a patient load; house supervisor covers after 3 p.m. daily.
• ER techs provide 24/7 coverage; PRN sitters are available, but agency staff may be required to sit.
• RT is in the ER 24/7 and performs ABGs, intubation, EKGs, and breathing treatments.
• Equipment includes ventilators, CPAP, BiPAP, and Vapotherm. RNs troubleshoot equipment.
• RNs read their own telemetry strips. ER techs and secretaries are tele-trained.