Emergency Room RN
Kirksville, MO
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary
Emergency Room (ER) Registered Nurse (RN) Nights Kirksville, Missouri. This role supports emergency care for patients of all ages, handling high-acuity presentations and coordinating efficiently with the emergency department care team. Candidates are required to bring their license on the first day.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts (6:00 p.m. 6:00 a.m.) with weekends required; minimum 36 hours per week
• Required Qualifications: At least 2+ years of Emergency Department (ED) RN experience; at least 1+ year of travel experience; current Basic Life Support (BLS); current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS); current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS); current Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC); ability to perform required clinical skills including triage, peripheral intravenous (PIV) placement, port access and deaccess, foley placement, NG/OG placement, wound care, and splinting/Orthopedic Cast Liner (OCL) application; willingness to float to other departments if not needed in the ED
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience as a preceptor and/or charge experience
• Responsibilities: Triage and quickly assess patients; manage patient care across ESI levels 15; care for stroke, ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), trauma, and sepsis patients; assist with art line, central line, and chest tube placement; respond to call lights and transport patients; participate in team-based workflow and direct to bed whenever possible; complete appropriate EMTALA paperwork per regulatory guidelines for hospital policies; on nights and weekends, assist with phone calls for behavioral health (psych) patient placement while behavioral health patients may board in the ED until placement is found; on night shift, mix certain medication drips using vial to bag adapter
• Additional Information: Scrubs may be any solid color; the electronic medical record system is EDIS Medhost; medication dispensing uses Omnicell; bar code medication administration (scanning) is not available in the ED department; blocked scheduling may be requested

Benefits: The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits