ER RN
Matthews, North Carolina
Novant Health Mattews Medical Center

ER Registered Nurse (Travel Contract)

Overview

• Location: Matthews, North Carolina
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 12-hour nights, 18:45 to 07:15 (3x12, 36 hours per week; 36 hours can be offered)
• Patient population: Adults, pediatrics, neonates, toddlers, geriatric
• Unit size and volume: 33 beds, target ratio 3-4 patients per nurse, about 140 visits per day
• Local candidates: Accepted
• Unit systems: Epic, Pyxis

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in North Carolina
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• ED - Emergency Department (2 years of experience)
• ED - Emergency Department experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NIHSS
• MOAB (must be completed onsite within the first 30 days of starting)
• IV insertion skills
• Triage
• Telemetry
• Experience with conscious or moderate sedation

Schedule and Assignment Details

• Every other weekend required
• No call requirement
• No float requirement
• Booking policy: Return-to-office (RTO) after booking is not allowed and cannot be worked out onsite. Call-offs or additional RTO on the unit may result in cancellation. RTO auto-offer maximum is 7 days.
• Unit orientation: 2 days. Travelers must be available every day during week one for hospital orientation.
• Scrubs: navy blue, white, or any combination

Onboarding Requirements

• Background check: Required within 90 days of start, including county, federal court, national criminal database, DOJ sex offender search, and education verification for the highest degree in the profession. Pending verification is not accepted.
• Drug screen: Negative 10-panel drug screen within 30 days of start
• Physical: Within 1 year of start
• TB testing: PPD, QuantiFERON-Gold, or T-spot within 1 year of start. A PPD over 10 mm is positive and requires a QuantiFERON-Gold or T-spot. A positive result requires a clear chest X-ray within the last 5 years, a physician-signed physical within 30 days, and a TB questionnaire within 30 days.
• Immunity: Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella each require a titer or 2 vaccines. Negative or equivocal titers require 2 boosters 28 days apart. Declinations are not accepted. Hepatitis B requires a titer, a vaccine series, or a signed declination.
• Flu vaccination: Required for the 2026-27 season (intranasal accepted). Exemptions may be requested.
• Fit testing: N95 fit test within 1 year of start, or completion of PAPR training
• Color blindness test: Within 1 year of start
• References: 2 professional references within 3 years of start
• Employment application: Required
• Performance evaluation: Required if the candidate has worked with the agency for over a year
• Education and compliance: Required facility modules, including the medication safety module (35 minutes for RNs), annual compliance training (40 minutes), education roster (2 hours 45 minutes), and signed policy acknowledgments
• North Carolina searches: Division of Medical Assistance excluded providers search and NC Health Care Personnel Registry search, both within 90 days prior to start