Emergency Room RN
Rochester, NY
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Emergency Room, Rochester, NY. This position provides emergency nursing care for adult and geriatric patients with a variety of emergency diagnoses, including trauma, stroke, cardiac conditions, and critical illness. The role requires strong emergency assessment, triage, monitoring, intravenous therapy, and ventilator management skills in a fast-paced clinical environment.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day and evening 12-hour shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. or 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., 48 hours per week, for a 13-week assignment. Weekend coverage is required every other weekend, and availability for every other holiday may be required.
• Required Qualifications: Active New York single-state Registered Nurse license in hand; at least 1 year of experience required, with 2 years identified in the position requirements; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications; required electronic charting experience; emergency nursing experience; proficiency in intravenous therapy, blood product administration, central line care, phlebotomy, intravenous vasopressors, continuous positive airway pressure and bilevel positive airway pressure management, ventilator management, cardiac rhythm interpretation, emergency care, triage, isolation precautions, neuro-trauma, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and pediatric emergency care.
• Preferred Qualifications: Prior travel nursing experience and first-time travel nurses may be considered. Experience with emergency psychiatric conditions, drug overdose, procedural sedation, emergency medications, arterial line management, STEMI and stroke care, hypothermia protocols, and management of violent or suicidal patients is preferred.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient assignment ratios are approximately 1:5.
  • Patient population includes adults and geriatric patients with all emergency diagnoses.
  • Clinical support includes intravenous therapy, physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretary services.
  • Special equipment includes a Bair Hugger, rapid infuser, and safe patient-handling equipment.
  • Scrub attire may be any combination of navy blue and white.
  • Requests for time off and special scheduling requests must be submitted with the application.
  • Orientation consists of 24 hours.

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