Emergency Department RN
Salem, Virginia
LewisGale Medical Center

Emergency Dept RN

Overview

• Travel assignment in Salem, Virginia
• 13-week contract
• 36 hours per week
• Unit: Cave Spring Freestanding Emergency Department
• Emergency Department floor in the Cave Spring building
• 8 beds
• 23 RNs total
• Patient ratio: 1:4

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Virginia
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• ED - Emergency Department (2 years of experience)
• ED - Emergency Department experience within the last year
• IV insertion skills
• Experience with EKG skills
• ACLS
• BLS
• PALS
• CPI
• TNCC

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the Freestanding ED setting
• Independent mixing of pharmacy drugs such as Tpa and KCentra

Unit Details

• Equipment includes GE Monitors, Nursecall system, Small Ventilator, Baxter Pumps, and Zoll Defibs
• EMR: Meditech
• Typical procedures include IVs, EKGs, medication mixing, and scanning medications for every patient and every med

Schedule

• Day shift staffing includes 2 7a-7p RNs, 1 9a-9p RN, and 1 11a-11p RN
• Night shift staffing includes 2 7p-7a RNs
• Weekends rotate, with 3 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule
• Holidays required

Floating

• None

Work Style

• Team player
• Outgoing
• Independent