ED RN
Bakersfield, California
Mercy Hospital Downtown

ER Registered Nurse (RN), Nights

Location: Bakersfield, California Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts Hours: 36 per week

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in California
• ED - Emergency Department (2 years of experience)
• ED - Emergency Department experience within the last year
• ACLS
• BLS
• NIHSS
• PALS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing

Schedule and Availability

• Schedules are for 4 weeks at a time. Block scheduling is not allowed.
• Traveler must have open availability. PRN schedules are not accommodated.
• Must be the traveler's primary job. The facility will not work around another work schedule.
• Weekend requirement: 4 weekend shifts in a 4-week schedule. Weekends are Friday/Saturday nights and Saturday/Sunday days.
• Holidays: 1 major and 1 minor.

Unit and Staffing

• Unit: Emergency Department (ED), 18 beds. Fast track is staffed with midlevels and LVNs.
• Patient ratio: 1:4, or 1:2 when caring for an ICU patient.
• Charge nurse: shift manager and a resource nurse.
• Nurse aides: ED techs are EMTs or aides from other units.
• Patient volume: 85 to 115 patients per day, averaging 100.
• Telemetry (Tele) monitoring is used.
• Ventilators are used.
• Hospitalist or intensivist is in house. Only MDs are used in the ER.
• IV team: not available.
• Respiratory therapy (RT) is available 24/7.
• Pharmacy is available 24/7.

Floating and Orientation

• Floating may occur between the two facilities, which are 6.5 miles apart. Mid-shift floating is possible.
• If floated before a shift, the traveler receives 2 hours' notice.
• Floor-specific orientation: 2 shifts at the primary campus and 1 shift at the other campus.
• First to float.

Patient Population

• Fewer pediatric patients than the other campus.
• Correctional patients are seen. A correctional officer accompanies them and stays with them.
• All OB patients are transferred to the other campus.
• Higher proportion of homeless and indigent patients.
• No cardiac patients. Any cardiac patients are stabilized and transferred out.

Expectations and Dress Code

• Must be very teamwork oriented.
• Scrubs must be navy blue. Any scrub jacket must also be navy.
• An undershirt worn under the scrub top must be navy, white, or black.