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Location: Woodland, California
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Work in an 18-bed Emergency Department including 4 fast track beds.
Provide care for general community hospital ER patients, including chest pain rule out MI, exacerbations of chronic diseases, and psychiatric holds. Major cases are transferred to higher-level facilities.
Night shift position with 12-hour shifts, approximately 36 hours per week.
Weekend requirement: every other weekend.
Holiday coverage rotates with core staff.
Self-scheduling available but finalized by manager; schedules released 4 weeks in advance.
Occasional mid-shift float to other Sacramento area facilities possible but rare.
Orientation includes 1-2 days floor-specific training with a preceptor.
Use Cerner EMR system.
Must be able to read and interpret EKG strips (Telemetry skills required).
Charge nurse duties include break relief but generally no direct patient assignments.
Nurse aides available as census and staffing dictate.
Hospitalist or Intensivist coverage in-house.
Respiratory Therapy and Pharmacy available 24/7.
No IV team on site.
Ventilator patients are uncommon.

Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in California.
Minimum 2 years of Emergency Department (ED) nursing experience, with at least some experience within the last year.
Current certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS).
Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN).
Valid Driver's License.

Two supervisory references required at time of submission: one within the last 12 months and one within the last 3 years.
Dys exam through UNA/Relias required prior to signing; must be completed within 24-48 hours with a pass/fail outcome (two attempts allowed). A recent Dys exam within 12 months may be accepted.
Candidates may not have been directly employed (full-time, part-time, or PRN) by certain affiliated health systems within the past year; PRN employment through outside firms is acceptable.
Scrub color: navy; undershirts must be navy, white, or black; scrub jackets optional but must be navy.
No triage responsibilities for agency nurses.
Behavioral Health Unit nurses handle mental health patients separately.
Patient-to-nurse ratio typically 4:1.