ER RN
Spokane, Washington
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital

ER RN (Registered Nurse), Spokane, Washington

Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Day (3x12 hours, 7:00 to 19:00) or Night (3x12 hours, 19:00 to 7:00) Hours: 12 per day, 36 per week

Facility and Unit

• Short-term acute care hospital
• Level II Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center
• Teaching hospital
• 629 total staffed beds
• Ratio: 1 RN to 4 patients
• Parking: no fee
• Scrub color: any color for RNs
• Charting system: Epic

Schedule

• Weekends: required, typically every other weekend
• On-call: not required
• Block schedules: not required
• 48-hour approval: no
• Float between units: no
• May be required to float to another facility within a reasonable distance (float policy acknowledgement required)

Certifications (Requirements Pending Unit Verification)

The source lists the following as required only if the unit requirements document specifies them. If none is linked, the clinical track applies.

• ACLS, BLS, and PALS: must be AHA (Instructor, Provider, or RQI) or Heart & Stroke from the Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation only
• NRP (current, from AAP, AHA, or Canadian Paediatric Society)
• TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course)
• CHEMO (Chemotherapy)
• EFM (AWHONN or NCC-EFM accepted)
• IV Certification
• Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB)
• NIH Stroke Certification (renewed every 2 years unless the card states otherwise)
• CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute)

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Washington
• Emergency Department (ED) experience of 1 year, with ED experience within the last year
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)

Onboarding and Compliance

• Background check within 90 days of start, covering all locations lived or worked in the past 7 years, updated annually
• Washington State Patrol (WATCH) search within 90 days of start
• OIG and EPLS/SAM checks within 30 days of start, updated monthly
• Education verification of the nursing degree (third-party)
• Driver's license or state ID and Social Security card
• E-Verify attestation
• Employment application covering the last 5 years of employment
• Minimum of 2 references covering 1 year of employment in the last 3 years in a comparable specialty or setting
• Medication test/pharmacology competency exam, and a skills checklist for the applicable unit (updated annually)
• Passport-style badge photo with a neutral background, in JPEG format
• Float policy acknowledgement

Health Requirements

• Physical exam within 1 year of start, signed by an MD, NP, PA, or DO, stating the candidate is free of infectious disease and able to work with or without accommodation
• TDAP within 10 years (declination accepted)
• Measles, mumps, and rubella: 2 MMR vaccines at least 28 days apart, or a positive titer
• Hepatitis B: signed declination, or documentation of a positive titer and vaccination
• Varicella: 2 vaccines at least 28 days apart, or a positive titer
• TB: IGRA/QuantiFERON or 2 PPDs within 12 months of start
• 9-panel drug screen within 12 months of start
• Flu vaccine or declination during flu season
• COVID vaccination record preferred; declination not required
• RespSafety clearance (annual medical clearance for respirator use)
• Fit test: any mask type acceptable

Training

• Epic modules completed within 1 week of orientation (transcripts required; certificates of completion not accepted)
• Annual regulatory modules (about 3.5 hours) through the learning management system
• Annual system specialty modules for the ER specialty
• Annual regional core modules, if applicable to the profession and specialty