ED RN
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono

Registered Nurse – Emergency Room (ER)

Location: East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks

Schedule

• Shift: Night (4x12 hours), 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM
• Other shift offered: Day, 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 48 hours per week
• Weekends: Every other weekend and holidays required
• On call: Not required
• Time off: RTO must be approved prior to start
• Orientation: Approximately 12 hours
• First-timers accepted: Yes
• Locals accepted: Yes

Unit Information

• Emergency Room RN position in a combined Adult/Pediatric Emergency Department
• Serves neonatal, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients
• The facility supports STEMI and Stroke certified emergency care

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Pennsylvania
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• 2 years of Emergency Department (ED) RN experience, with ED experience within the last year
• Experience working with adult patients
• Experience with arterial lines
• Experience with central line management
• Experience with conscious or moderate sedation
• Experience caring for spinal cord injury (SCI) patients
• Experience with traumatic brain injury (TBI) management
• Strong dysrhythmia interpretation and management experience
• Multisystem organ dysfunction/failure management experience
• Blood product administration experience
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC)
• BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC)
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC)
• TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course)
• Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB)
• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale) certification

Onboarding and Compliance Requirements

• Background and screening:

  • Background check within 30 days of start, covering the past 7 years of locations lived or worked, including education verification, criminal and sex offender searches, and SSN trace
  • PA Child Abuse History Clearance (result must list "Employment"), within 90 days
  • PA State Police Search (PATCH), within 90 days
  • Pennsylvania Department of Human Services fingerprint clearance, within 90 days
  • Medicheck (PA State Exclusions Check), within 30 days
  • EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks, upon hire
• Health and immunizations:

  • Physician statement (physical) within 2 months of start
  • Two-step TB test (QuantiFERON or T-Spot within 90 days) or chest X-ray, depending on results
  • Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella: titer or vaccines required
  • Hepatitis B: positive antibody titer or completed vaccine series required; declinations not accepted
  • Tetanus/diphtheria/Tdap within 10 years of start
  • Drug screen: 10-panel or 9-panel without THC within 60 days before start
  • Flu vaccine or exemption on file if starting during flu season (10/1 to 4/1)
  • COVID vaccine or facility-specific declination
  • Annual respirator medical clearance (RespSafety)
  • Fit test questionnaire, completed before start
  • Fit mask, within 12 months of start
• Documentation:

  • Employment application with 7 years of work history, with explanations for gaps over 90 days
  • Two professional references from employment within the past 12 months
  • Third-party work history verification for the last 7 years, with no gaps over 30 days
  • Signed safety manual acknowledgment (updated annually)
  • Pass/fail testing acknowledgment