Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department
La Plata, MD
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Emergency Room position for a registered nurse supporting a fast-paced department serving patients from infancy through geriatrics. The role involves managing complex and varied diagnoses, maintaining a patient ratio of 1:4, and providing comprehensive emergency care across all age groups. Weekend and holiday coverage is required as scheduled.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Active Maryland or compact registered nurse license; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; community hospital experience; two years of Emergency Room experience required, with candidates possessing one year of experience considered following screening; proficiency in emergency nursing skills, including triage, procedural sedation monitoring, emergency medication administration, management of ventilated patients, dysrhythmia management, intravenous vasopressors, pediatric emergency care, behavioral health emergencies, trauma care, and critical patient assessment.
• Schedule: Night shifts, 12-hour shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, with a minimum of 48 hours per week. Every other weekend and holidays are required as scheduled.
• Additional Information: The department serves neonates, infants, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients, with an average daily census of 130 and approximately 47 treatment rooms. Responsibilities include caring for patients with all diagnoses, including complex medical, behavioral health, neurological, respiratory, cardiac, and traumatic conditions. Collaboration is supported by physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and unit secretary services. Electronic fetal heart monitoring (EFM) is not applicable to this role.

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