ER Registered Nurse
Creve Coeur, Missouri
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

Job Opportunity: ER Registered Nurse (Travel/Contract)

Location: Creve Coeur, Missouri
Contract Length: 20 weeks

Position Details

• Specialty: Registered Nurse – Emergency Room (ER)
• Shift: Rotating mid shifts (10:00 AM–10:30 PM, 12:00 PM–12:30 AM, occasional 3:00 PM–3:30 AM)
• Hours: 36 hours per week, 12-hour shifts
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend required
• Patient Volume: Approximately 35 visits per day
• Unit Size: 8 rooms, 10 beds
• Float: May float within scope to ICU and Medical-Surgical areas
• Patient Population: Adult service with pediatric stabilization and transfer; primary care ED; no trauma cases
• Charting System: EPIC (experience required)
• Pediatric Experience: Preferred
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC): Preferred

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• Minimum 2 years of Emergency Department (ED) experience, including experience within the last year
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• BLS (Basic Life Support) certification issued by the American Heart Association
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification issued by the American Heart Association
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
• Experience with EPIC electronic health record system

Additional Requirements & Facility Policies

• On-Call: Not required
• Local Radius Rule: Must be willing to travel beyond 75 miles (locals not accepted)
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
• Compliance Documents: Must complete and upload all required facility-specific documents prior to start, including but not limited to:

  • HIPAA Acknowledgement
  • Latex Allergy Questionnaire
  • Confidentiality Form
  • Regulatory Compliance Education (annual quiz with minimum 80% score)
  • Dress Code, Hand Hygiene, and Fingernail Policies acknowledgment
  • Badge photo (head and shoulders, white background, no obstructions, taken within 6 months)
• Orientation: Required WorkRamp orientation modules (~16 hours) unless completed in current calendar year
• Skills Checklist: Unit-specific skills checklist required within 1 year of start
• Missouri State-Specific Checks: Family Care Safety Registry, Highway Patrol Check, and Exclusion List searches required and must be current
• Driver’s License/State ID: Government-issued ID required

Work Environment

• Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care Hospital
• Total Staffed Beds: 68
• Parking: Free employee parking available
• Scrub Color: Navy Blue

Notes

• First-time travel nurses are accepted for this position
• No prior travel experience required
• No trauma cases handled in this ER unit
• Pediatric experience and TNCC certification are preferred but not mandatory
• Must be able to stabilize pediatric patients and transfer as needed

This position offers a dynamic ER nursing experience with rotating mid shifts in a short-term acute care setting, requiring strong clinical skills, EPIC proficiency, and flexibility to float to ICU and Med-Surg units.