Emergency Department Nurse
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta University Medical Center
Wellspring Nurse Source

Emergency Department Nurse - Traveler (Backfill)

Location: Augusta, Georgia
Facility: AU Medical Center (AU Medical Center, Inc.)
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Overview

• Provide emergency nursing care including assessment, documentation, and development of care plans based on patient/family needs in a fast-paced ED setting.
• Perform hemodynamic monitoring, airway management, dysrhythmia recognition, CPR, and body-fluid monitoring.
• Triage patients using ESI, administer medications, start IVs, perform venipuncture (including blood cultures), insert urinary catheters, obtain EKGs, monitor patient status, administer blood, and assist with procedural sedation.
• Treat patients with respiratory distress/failure, code blue, code strokes, code STEMI, trauma, and sepsis.

Equipment & Systems

• Accudose medication dispensing
• Cerner charting (FirstNet) with medication scanning
• Phillips monitors and EKG
• ISTATS and Accucheck glucometer
• Waived lab tests
• Chest tube drains (atrium)
• Use of restraints

Experience & Certifications

• Minimum 2 years recent Emergency Department experience required
• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS
• TNCC certification preferred
• Recent level 1 or level 2 trauma experience required

Schedule & Shift Details

• 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
• Work 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

Floating & Unit Details

• Possible floating to:

  • ED Behavioral Health
  • Pediatric ED
  • ED Observation
• ED Unit Size: 71 beds total

  • 8 critical care rooms
  • 25 acute rooms
  • 5 Fast Track rooms
  • 9 behavioral health bays (usually psych nurses)
  • 15 pediatric ED rooms (usually pediatric nurses)
  • 9 ED observation beds (usually observation nurses)

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

Dress Code

• Branded Navy Blue Cherokee scrubs (available on campus)

Orientation & Training

• One-week preceptor-based ED-specific orientation to 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 policies, patient flow, and protocols
• Ability to work independently with multiple patients and manage inpatient admission holds in the ED
• TNCC certified nurses with completed trauma education may be assigned to critical care areas

Additional Requirements for Candidates

• Valid Georgia or compact RN license
• Willingness and ability to cover all ED areas including Psych, Pediatrics, and Observation (if unable to float, must specify)
• Previous travel nursing experience preferred but not required

This position is ideal for experienced Emergency Department nurses seeking a traveler role in a busy, well-equipped Level 1 trauma center environment with a structured orientation and support system.