Emergency Department RN
Chicago, Illinois
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center - Saint Mary Campus

RN Emergency Room – Per Diem – Days

Location: Chicago, Illinois Contract Length: 26 weeks Shift: 07:00 – 19:30 (12-hour shifts) Hours: Per diem, no guaranteed hours

Responsibilities

• Delivers safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Provides direct patient care within scope of practice and directs patient/family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel.
• Maintains standards of care in the ICU.
• Is directly responsible and accountable for assigned patients, including communicating with physicians about changes in clinical condition, hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic results, and abnormal findings.
• Responds quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Illinois
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience in an acute care setting
• 1 year of Emergency Department (ED) experience, with ED experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• PALS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NIHSS certification
• DCI/BVP (Workplace Violence Prevention Training)
• Driver's License
• Experience with Epic
• Must be able to float to units of competency

Preferred

• Working holidays for holiday coverage

Onboarding Requirements

Certifications and Testing

• PALS (American Heart Association or Red Cross)
• NIHSS certification
• Nursys license verification
• Basic pharmacology exam, rhythm interpretation screening, specialty exam, and core competencies exam, each requiring a score of 80% or higher (may be completed through an online learning platform or similar)
• Skills checklist (required at submission)
• Workplace violence prevention training (DCI/BVP)
• Onboarding education modules, completed and submitted before clearance to start

Professional and Background

• Education verification (copy of diploma or transcripts accepted if third-party verification is unavailable)
• Driver's license, state ID, or passport
• OIG check
• SAM/EPLS exclusion search ("Excluded Individual"), with the search date visible; manually added dates are not accepted
• National criminal background check within one year of start date
• Form I-9 (agency attestation accepted)
• Agency attestation, completed last after all other credentials are uploaded
• Social Security card (passport accepted if unavailable)
• Badge photo: JPEG, clear headshot from shoulders up on a plain background
• Signed job description, dated within the current year (agency form accepted)
• Essentials onboarding packet (found in the document library)
• Resume at offer acceptance, up to date and reflecting recent work history
• Two references, one from a manager or direct leader/supervisor (required at submission)

Health and Immunizations

• Drug screen: 10-panel minimum with THC, completed within 60 days of start
• Color blindness test (annual)
• Physical/health statement stating the candidate is clear to work (annual; within 60 days of start)
• TB test within one year of start date, plus annual TB questionnaire
• COVID-19: two vaccines and a booster, or a declination
• MMR: proof of two vaccines or a positive titer
• Hepatitis B: three immunizations, an immune titer, or a declination
• Influenza vaccine or declination, required November 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027
• Varicella: vaccination or titer showing immunity
• Tdap
• Annual respirator fit test (must be completed before start; onsite fit testing is no longer offered)