Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department
Saint Louis, MO
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Emergency Room Registered Nurse Emergency Room specialty. The position provides care for adult and geriatric patients in a high-acuity emergency setting, including stroke, cardiac, respiratory, and behavioral health emergencies. Responsibilities include emergency assessment, procedural sedation, airway management, critical care interventions, and coordination with interdisciplinary support services.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of emergency room nursing experience; prior travel experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications; competency in procedural sedation, care of ventilated patients, central line management, chest tube management, defibrillation and pacing, dysrhythmia management, arterial blood gas interpretation, intravenous therapy, triage, and care of stroke and cardiac emergency patients.
• Preferred Qualifications: Community hospital experience; experience with triage, ventilator management, acute psychosis, arterial line management, blood product administration, continuous intravenous sedation, continuous intravenous paralytics, multisystem organ dysfunction or failure, management of violent behavior, psychiatric holds, suicidal patients, and nontrauma emergency department care.
• Schedule: 12-hour night shifts from 6:45 PM to 7:15 AM, with 2:45 PM to 3:15 AM shifts as needed; 36 hours per week.
• Additional Information: The assignment serves adult and geriatric patients with an approximately 4:1 nurse-to-patient ratio. Clinical services include stroke and cardiac emergencies, moderate sedation, intubations, central lines, chest tubes, defibrillation, pacing, and care for patients requiring respiratory support. Interdisciplinary support includes respiratory services, interpretation services, radiology, pharmacy, and unit secretarial support.

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