Emergency Department RN
Corvallis, OR
Prime Staffing
3x12 hrs, Nights, Rotating

The RN will work in Emergency Department caring for patients ranging from routine/non-critical cases to serious, life-threatening emergencies.

The ED also handles urgent and emergent behavioral/mental-health patients, so the nurse should be comfortable caring for a broad patient population.

A major requirement is that the RN must be able to care for critical cardiac and trauma patients, including pediatric patients.

Key requirements

• Oregon RN license: Must be current, active, and unencumbered at the time of submission
• BLS: Healthcare Provider Level BLS required
• ACLS: Required
• TNCC: Required
• PALS: Required
• Education: High school diploma or equivalent must be verified
• Specialty: Emergency Room / Emergency Department RN
• Shift: NOC = Night shift
• Job type: Contract
• Start date: September 18, 2026
• Experience: The posting you provided does not specify a minimum number of years, so don't add one unless another part of the requisition confirms it.

Job Responsibilities

Emergency Department RN responsibilities include:

• Provide nursing care to patients presenting with non-critical, urgent, and emergent medical conditions.
• Assess patients, identify changes in condition, and prioritize care according to the severity of illness.
• Care for critical cardiac and trauma patients.
• Provide emergency care to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and older adult patients as appropriate.
• Manage patients requiring urgent or emergent mental-health/behavioral-health care.
• Monitor vital signs, cardiac rhythms, symptoms, and overall patient condition.
• Administer medications and treatments according to physician orders and hospital protocols.
• Initiate and assist with emergency interventions and stabilization of critically ill patients.
• Respond appropriately to cardiac, trauma, and other medical emergencies.
• Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Perform ongoing reassessments and document patient status, interventions, and responses to treatment.
• Prepare patients for diagnostic tests, procedures, admission, transfer, or discharge.
• Provide patient and family education regarding treatment, medications, follow-up care, and discharge instructions.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation.
• Follow hospital policies, infection-control procedures, patient-safety standards, and emergency department protocols.