Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Emergency Room. This travel assignment supports a high-acuity emergency department providing care to adult and pediatric patients, including trauma, cardiac emergencies, neurological emergencies, psychiatric emergencies, sepsis, and respiratory conditions. The role requires strong emergency nursing expertise, advanced clinical skills, and the ability to manage complex patient presentations in a fast-paced setting.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts, 3x12-hour shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; every other weekend required.
- Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; active Illinois nursing license or documented application in process; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications; combined adult and pediatric emergency department experience; required Cerner charting experience; proficiency in dysrhythmia interpretation and management, care of patients with multisystem organ dysfunction or failure, 12-lead electrocardiogram acquisition, blood product administration, phlebotomy, intravenous access, continuous intravenous sedation, emergency medications, intravenous vasopressors, procedural sedation, cerebrovascular accident (CVA) care, spinal cord injury care, traumatic brain injury care, splint application, pediatric emergencies, acute psychiatric emergencies, respiratory emergencies, chest tube management, intubation assistance, isolation precautions, and triage.
- Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience and Level I or Level II trauma experience.
- Additional Information:
- The emergency department averages 175 daily visits and includes 56 beds.
- Patient populations include neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults.
- Common clinical presentations include chest pain, abdominal pain, trauma, stroke, altered mental status, lacerations, psychiatric emergencies, pulmonary embolism, vascular emergencies, respiratory infections, heart failure, orthopedic emergencies, cardiac emergencies, and sepsis.
- Clinical procedures may include adult and pediatric procedural sedation, blood transfusion, arterial line care, rapid fluid infusion, urinary catheter placement, orogastric tube placement, closed chest drain management, orthopedic splinting, and trauma resuscitation.
- Required clinical capabilities include managing ventilated patients, arterial lines, central lines, noninvasive ventilation, blood gases, and emergency medications.
- A 24-hour orientation is provided.
- Influenza vaccination is required; medical and religious exemptions are accepted. Coronavirus vaccination is not required.
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
Posted Date: 2026-11-05