ER RN
Lees Summit, Missouri
Saint Luke's East - Lee's Summit

ER

Overview

• Travel/Contract RN role in Lees Summit, Missouri
• Facility type: Community Hospital
• 240 staffed beds; 32 rooms
• Shift: Day, 3x12 hours, 11:00–23:00
• Ratios: 1:4
• Varied start times: 10a, 11a, and 12p
• Charting: EPIC
• Scrub color: Navy

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• ED - Emergency Department (2 years of experience)
• ED - Emergency Department experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience with arterial lines
• Experience with central line management
• Experience with blood product administration
• Experience with chest tube insertion/management
• Experience with CPAP/BiPAP
• Experience with arterial blood gas sampling
• Experience with intubation
• Experience with ventilator management
• Experience with continuous IV paralytics
• Experience with continuous IV sedation
• Weekend coverage required every third weekend, or 8 weekend shifts in the 6-week schedule period
• No more than 7 days of RTO
• Local candidates not accepted; home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility

Preferred

• Near drowning experience
• Procedural Sedation Administration

Clinical Skills / Experience

• Pediatrics: abdominal pain, asthma, burns, epiglottitis, head injury, hyperglycemia, identifying and reporting abuse, infections, mental/behavioral health conditions, poison ingestion, respiratory infections, seizures, sickle cell crisis, skin disorders, urinary tract infections
• Psychiatric: acute psychosis, drug overdose, managing violent behavior, psychiatric hold, suicidal patient
• IV therapy/phlebotomy: arterial line management, blood product administration, central line care/management, phlebotomy, starting IVs
• Respiratory: chest tube insertion/management, CPAP/BiPAP, interpretation of ABGs, intubation, ventilated patients
• Medications: continuous IV paralytics, continuous IV sedation, emergency medications, IV vasopressors
• Neurological: CVA
• Work settings: General Emergency Department-Combined Adult/Pedi, STEMI Certified Facility, Stroke Certified Facility
• Cardiac monitoring and emergency response: interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, management of patient with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure, obtain 12 lead EKG
• Professional topics and skills: isolation precautions, triage
• Orthopedics: manage/apply splints

Float / Scheduling Notes

• May float to all SLHS Metro EDs
• Regular floating may be required between departments, units, and facilities as needed
• Holiday shifts and Charge RN assignments as needed per unit

Additional Notes

• On-call not required
• Block scheduling not accommodated
• Pending license not accepted
• Guaranteed hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks