Emergency Department Travel Nurse
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta University Medical Center
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Emergency Department Nurse - AU Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia

Position Overview

• Employment Type: Contract Clinician
• Specialty: Emergency Department (ED)
• Facility: AU Medical Center, part of AU Medical Center, Inc.
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift Schedule:

  • 36 hours per week
  • Shifts include:

    • 3p-3a (1 nurse)
    • 11a-11p (2 nurses)
    • 7a-7p (3 nurses)
    • 7p-7a (4 nurses)
  • Work every other weekend
  • 2-3 holidays (Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day)
  • One 24-hour call shift every 4 weeks

Unit Details

• ED Bed Capacity: 71 beds total

  • 8 critical care rooms
  • 25 acute rooms
  • 5 Fast Track rooms
  • 9 behavioral health bays (usually staffed by psych nurses unless called in)
  • 15 pediatric ED rooms (usually staffed by pediatric ED nurses unless called in)
  • 9 ED observation beds (usually staffed by observation nurses unless called in)
• Nurse-to-Patient Ratios:

  • Critical care: 1:2 or 1:3
  • Fast Track (vertical care): 1:7
  • Acute and observation pods: 1:4 or 1:5
• Floating: Possible float to ED behavioral health, Pediatric ED, and ED observation units

Job Responsibilities

• Assess and document normal and abnormal findings
• Develop, coordinate, and evaluate patient care plans based on patient/family needs and expected outcomes in an emergency setting
• Obtain and interpret patient information to determine treatment needs
• Perform triage using Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
• Administer medications, start IVs, perform venipuncture including blood cultures
• Insert urinary catheters, obtain EKGs, monitor patient status, and administer blood transfusions
• Provide procedural sedation
• Treat patients with respiratory distress/failure, code blue, code strokes, code STEMI, trauma, and sepsis
• Use equipment such as Accudose medication dispensing, Cerner charting (FirstNet) with medication scanning, Phillips monitors and EKG, ISTATS, Accucheck glucometer, waived tests, chest tube drains (atrium), and restraints

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 2 years recent Emergency Department experience
• Proficient in hemodynamic monitoring, airway management, dysrhythmia recognition, CPR, and body-fluid monitoring
• Experience with triage, medication administration, IV starts, venipuncture, urinary catheter insertion, EKGs, blood administration, and procedural sedation
• Ability to manage multiple patients with varying health issues independently
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, multi-patient emergency environment

Licensure and Certifications

• Required:

  • BLS (Basic Life Support)
  • ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)
  • PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
• Preferred:

  • TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course)

Orientation and Training

• One-week preceptor-based ED-specific orientation focused on adult acute care pods
• Completion of ED-specific computer modules, ISTAT, and waived test training
• Orientation competency checklist required
• Understanding of ED and ED Observation Unit (EDOU) policies, patient flow, pathways, and protocols
• Ability to multitask and care for both ED patients and inpatient admission holds
• TNCC-certified nurses with completed trauma education may be assigned to critical care areas

Dress Code

• Branded Navy Blue Cherokee scrubs (available on campus)

This position is ideal for experienced ED nurses who are comfortable working in a dynamic emergency care environment and have the required certifications and skills to provide high-quality patient care.