Job Description

Pay rate ranges from $54.98 to $59.88 based on experience. This job has multiple openings...Unit Notes:Department: ER | RN
Must be available to work any schedule based on department needs on their assigned shift.
Block scheduling will not be considered.
Weekends are mandatory and based on department needs
None, or very limited RTO will be considered during this assignment

*Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS (3 hrs Stroke). Must have 8 hrs of Stroke education. Prefer TNCC.*

- Trauma Level: Trauma Level II. Stroke and STEMI Certified.
- # Beds: 65 Bays- divided into different zones (A, B, C, D, & E), and staff be rotated through each zone.
Designated Code/Trauma area.
- Do you have a Fast Track: 10 Chairs. Staffing: 2 Attendings, 1 RN.
- Do you have a separate Triage area?: Separate area close to the waiting room, 3-4 Triage RNs. Travelers
are required to triage experience and may be asked to work in this area.
- Do you have a separate holding area in the ER: Can see ER Hold Patients throughout the ER. ER is staffed with
ERG nurses (MS Inpatient RNs) that assist in taking ER hold patients; ER RNs may still be assigned ER Hold
patients when necessary.
- Do you have separate Psych rooms?: No, Psych Patients transferred to Fulton Campus.
- Security in-house 24/7: 24/7 in the ER.
- How many patients do you treat in the ER/day: 118,000 per year = approx. 9850 /month.
- Nurse: Patient Ratios: 1:4-8 depending on acuity of patients, census, and staffing; high ratios are not
uncommon. They do not have set ratios in the ER.
- Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS (3 hrs Stroke). Must have 8 hrs of Stroke education. Prefer TNCC.
- Common Diagnoses: Pt Population Adults and Peds; DM, Asthma, Resp Issues, COVID, Chest Pain, STEMI, CVA,
Stokes, Psych, Trauma, and more.
- Experience: 2 years of ER Experience. Must have triage experience. Prefer: Trauma experience. Will accept first
time travelers if they have similar inner-city (metropolitan) ED experience.
- Common drips: Must be able to titrate all critical drips. Must be able comfortable providing conscious sedation
for bedside procedures and/or pain management.
- ED Physician/Mid-Levels: 1-2 Attendings in each zone, 3-4 RNs in each area, & 1 PCT in each zone; RN may be
asked to do primary care nursing and RNs to work as a team in their zone.
- Charge Nurse: 1 Charge and 1 Manager in the ER 24/7.
- Nurse aids: 1 PCTs in each zone. Job Duties: phlebotomy, 12 Lead EKGs, vital signs, POCT, patient care, assist RNs, and more.
- Is RT in the ER 24/7?: In house 24/7; RT NOT designed to the ED, but are available by call 24/7.
- RT Equipment: RT will set up Resp. Equip and RN expected to help monitor and maintain it.
- Do you have Monitor Techs in the ER: No Monitor Tech or centralized monitoring, RNs to read and interpret
their own tele, monitors in the room.
- X-Ray or CT in the ER?: Down the hall on the same floor; Transport team available, RNs expected to assist in
transporting unstable patients.
- Does Phlebotomy draw labs or RN's draw: RN to draw upon IV access and PCTs may do redraws with butterfly.
- Shifts & Scheduling: RN Shifts: 7-7:30, 12-12:30. PCT Shifts: 7-3:30, 3-11:30, 11-7:30. Schedule is made out by
management and travelers asked to stay flexible and fill gaps in permanent staffing. Will consider block
scheduling. Huddle starts at 7 and RNs expected to be ready to go at that time, tardiness is not tolerated.
- Weekend Requirements: Typically EOW. May be asked to help cover extra weekends at times.
- Holiday Requirements: May be asked to go into the Holiday Rotation.
- Is there call or a standby requirement: None
- Floating Requirements: None
- Scrub Color: Royal Blue
- Unit Specific Orientation: 1-2 shifts with a preceptor. Orientation: Tues - Badging, Wed & Th classroom orientation, Fri on the unit with a preceptor (11.5 hrs).

Date Entered On: 8/1/2024
Cancellation Policy:CLIENT may cancel up to 1 shift per 4-week assignment, 2 shifts per 8-week assignment, or 3 shifts per 13-week assignment with no penalty
Charting System:Allscripts
BSN Required:False
License to Submit:Yes
Trauma Level:2
Care Setting:Acute
Division:Nursing
Shift Notes:
Required Certifications:ACLS, BLS Certification, NIHSS, PALS

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EMERGENCY ROOM

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