Emergency Room RN
Los Angeles, CA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Emergency Room Los Angeles, CA. This travel nursing position supports emergency care for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a combined adult and pediatric emergency department. The role requires strong emergency nursing skills, prior travel experience, and the ability to manage complex trauma, medical, cardiac, neurological, and behavioral health presentations.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts with 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week; four weekend shifts are required during each four-week schedule block. Call is not required.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); active California Registered Nurse license; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications; Epic electronic medical record experience; prior travel nursing experience; experience caring for pediatric patients; ability to manage a 1:4 patient ratio; requested time off must be submitted with the initial application.
• Preferred Qualifications: Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; prior charge experience; Level I or Level II trauma experience; adult or pediatric emergency department experience; pediatric experience; teaching facility experience.
• Additional Information:
  • Care is provided in a Level I trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, transplant center, and combined adult and pediatric emergency department.
  • Patient populations include neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
  • Clinical responsibilities may include dysrhythmia management, central line care, continuous intravenous sedation, intravenous vasopressor management, noninvasive ventilation management, arterial blood gas interpretation, ventilator care, isolation precautions, and emergency triage.
  • The care setting manages trauma, cardiac arrest, sepsis, stroke, respiratory distress, burns, seizures, behavioral health concerns, substance withdrawal, transplant-related illness, sickle cell crisis, congenital cardiac conditions, and other complex emergencies.
  • Interdisciplinary support includes respiratory services, physical therapy, pharmacy, radiology, phlebotomy, social services, rapid response teams, transportation, interpretation services, lift teams, and unit coordination.
  • Orientation includes 30 hours, and navy blue scrubs are provided.

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