Emergency Room RN
Tupelo, MS
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Emergency Room, Nights. The position provides emergency nursing care for adult patients presenting with trauma, cardiac, stroke, respiratory, and abdominal conditions. The role requires clinical flexibility, competency-based floating, and availability for designated holiday shifts.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Current Mississippi license at the time of submission; at least two years of recent Emergency Room experience; prior travel experience; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications from the American Heart Association (AHA); ability to complete the fingerprinting process within 48 hours of offer acceptance; ability to work 12/24 or 12/25 and 12/31 or 01/01; and successful completion of an electrocardiogram and dysrhythmia competency verification.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience in a 400-bed or larger facility or a Level II trauma setting.
• Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week; no on-call, block scheduling, or self-scheduling.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: Patient ratios are generally 1:4, increasing to 1:6 when emergency department holds are awaiting inpatient beds. Clinical responsibilities include critical-care drip management and titration, intravenous starts, ventilator management, intravenous pump operation, arterial-line management, central-line management, laboratory draws, blood-culture collection, intubations, and electrocardiogram interpretation. Navy blue scrubs are required and are not provided. Complete scheduling availability and flexibility are required. Travelers may be assigned to units within their competencies.

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