Emergency Room RN
Spokane, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Emergency Room. This high-acuity emergency nursing position provides care to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a trauma-focused emergency department. The role supports cardiac, stroke, and trauma care, including emergency department holding responsibilities and a typical patient ratio of one nurse to four patients.

Job Details

• Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week; weekend coverage is required, typically every other weekend.
• Required Qualifications: At least 2 years of emergency room nursing experience; current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications; compact nursing license in hand at submission.
• Additional Information:
  • Care is provided in a high-acuity emergency department serving primarily adult patients, with adolescent trauma patients also presenting.
  • Typical staffing ratio is one registered nurse to four patients across days, nights, and weekends.
  • Responsibilities include continuous intravenous sedation, intracranial pressure monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and triage.
  • Clinical services include ST-elevation myocardial infarction care to the cardiac catheterization laboratory, stroke care to interventional radiology, and trauma care through definitive treatment in the operating room or intensive care unit.
  • Emergency department holding coverage is required.
  • Weekend coverage and a commitment to working three of five designated holidays are required.
  • Two professional references covering at least one year within the last three years are required during the compliance process.

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