ER RN
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson Medical Center

ER RN (Registered Nurse)

Location: Tucson, Arizona Employment type: Travel/Contract Contract length: 13 weeks Shift: Night, 3x12-hour shifts, 19:00-07:30 (12 hours/day, 36 hours/week) Unit: Emergency Room Ratio: 1:4

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Arizona
• ED - Emergency Department (1.5 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
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience with Epic

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous charge experience
• Every other weekend is required (Weekend REQ)
• Prior travel experience is not stated in the source.

Additional Certification Requirements

• Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB) or CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute): one of the two required, accredited certificate only
• ENPC: required for Pediatric ER assignments
• NRP and EFM: listed as unit-specific certifications
• Pass/fail EKG testing and telemetry test strip review module apply to specific units, including the Emergency Room

Exclusions and Restrictions

• Does not accept first-time travelers
• Does not accept locals who live within 75 miles of the facility
• Return-to-office restriction: 7 days or less preferred

Role Details

• Admits in-house or transfers depending on the specialty needed
• Facility is not a stroke or STEMI center and has no trauma level
• Sees all age groups and all diagnoses
• Must be willing to float to another facility in the system as needed (rarely occurs)
• Charting in an electronic medical record (EMR)
• Scrubs: Caribbean Blue
• Position is staffed by travelers during a staffing gap.