Emergency Room RN
Belleville, IL
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Emergency Room Belleville, Illinois. This position provides emergency nursing care for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a fast-paced acute care setting. The role includes a 1:3 patient ratio, comprehensive emergency procedures, and collaboration across inpatient units when needed.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week and every other weekend coverage required.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Two years of emergency nursing experience.
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications.
  • Competency in care of ventilated patients, continuous intravenous sedation, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, procedural sedation administration and monitoring, intravenous access, and triage.
• Preferred Qualifications: Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), and Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) certifications. First-time travelers are accepted.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Emergency care includes patients across the lifespan, including neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations.
  • Responsibilities may include central line, arterial line, and chest tube insertion; post-cardiac-arrest hypothermia; intubation; code stroke, code STEMI, and code blue response; trauma care; pediatric transfers; sexual assault care; and behavioral health patient management.
  • The assignment supports approximately 150 visits per day across 44 rooms and beds.
  • Emergency department experience includes a 1:3 patient ratio on days, nights, and weekends.
  • One approved time-off request may be accommodated, with time-off restrictions applying during the first week of the assignment.

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