Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department
Decatur, IL
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse Emergency Room. The position provides care in a high-volume emergency department serving adult and pediatric patients, including trauma, stroke, sepsis, and other acute conditions. The role requires strong emergency response, critical care, triage, cardiac monitoring, and procedural skills in a Level II Trauma Center setting.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, scheduled for either three 12-hour shifts or four 12-hour shifts per week, with a minimum of 48 hours per week. Weekend coverage is required as needed, typically every other weekend.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience as an Emergency Room Registered Nurse; active Illinois nursing license or eligibility to obtain one; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications; experience in a combined adult and pediatric emergency department and Level II Trauma Center; competency with dysrhythmia interpretation and management, multisystem organ dysfunction, 12-lead electrocardiograms, blood product administration, central line care, phlebotomy, intravenous initiation, continuous intravenous paralytics and sedation, emergency medications, intravenous vasopressors, procedural sedation, cerebrovascular accident care, intracranial pressure monitoring, neurotrauma, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, orthopedic trauma, pediatric emergencies, acute psychiatric conditions, respiratory support, ventilated patients, shock and trauma care, isolation precautions, triage, and telemetry interpretation.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience, Cerner charting experience, and Level I Trauma Center experience.
• Additional Information: The emergency department has 32 beds and an average daily census of approximately 120 patients, with a typical patient ratio of 1:4. Patient populations include neonates, infants, adolescents, adults, pediatrics, and geriatric patients. Clinical presentations include stroke, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, sepsis, trauma, abdominal pain, respiratory conditions, chest pain, fever, and headache. Emergency equipment includes cardiac monitors, defibrillators, rapid infusion equipment, and point-of-care laboratory instruments.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits