ER RN
Orange, California
Saint Joseph Hospital

ER RN

Overview

• Location: Orange, California
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Start date: ASAP
• Shift: Evening, 3 x 12-hour shifts, 14:00 to 02:30
• Hours: 12 per day, 36 per week
• Weekends: May exceed every other weekend to meet unit needs
• Local radius: 50 miles

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in California
• ED - Emergency Department experience (1 year of experience, within the last year)
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association or Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support issued by American Heart Association or Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
• Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB)
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing

Hiring Restrictions

• Travel pairs will not be considered.
• First-time travelers are not accepted.
• Pending licenses are not accepted.
• Scheduling requests due to outside employment will not be considered.
• Open to a block schedule per manager discretion.
• RTO restrictions must be included at time of submission.

Work Environment

• Acute care hospital with Magnet designation and 426 staffed beds
• Very high-volume ER with comprehensive cardiac, STEMI, stroke, and behavioral health services
• Charting system: Epic
• RN scrub color: royal blue
• Free parking
• Guaranteed hours: the facility may call off once per two-week pay period
• Float: may be required to float to another facility within a reasonable distance; float policy acknowledgment required

Onboarding Requirements

• Background check: completed within 90 days of start, covering all locations lived or worked in the past 7 years, updated annually. Includes SSN trace, national and county criminal searches, national sex offender registry, FACIS Level 3, and education verification.
• Federal exclusion checks: HHS/OIG and EPLS/GSA/SAM, within 30 days of start, updated monthly
• Education verification: third-party verification of nursing degree
• Physical exam: within 1 year of start, signed by an MD, NP, PA, DO, or APRN
• TB screening: negative IGRA/QuantiFERON or 2 PPDs within 12 months of start
• Drug screen: 9-panel within 12 months of start
• Immunizations: Tdap within 10 years (declination accepted); MMR (2 doses or positive titer); Hepatitis B (vaccine series with positive titer, or declination); varicella (2 doses or positive titer); seasonal flu vaccine or declination; COVID vaccination record preferred (declination not required)
• Respirator fit test: required for travel placements
• RespSafety clearance: required, renewed annually
• References: 2 covering 1 year of employment within the last 3 years, in a comparable specialty
• Employment application: covering the last 5 years of employment
• Skills checklist: required for the applicable unit, updated annually
• Badge photo: passport-style, neutral background
• Identity documents: government-issued photo ID, Social Security card, E-Verify attestation
• Annual regulatory training: approximately 3.5 hours