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Job ID: 896249
Estimated Weekly Gross: $2,200.94
Job Title
Registered Nurse – Emergency Room
Location
Chandler, AZ | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Night Shift | 12-Hour Shifts | Onsite — Start times vary; travelers must be flexible to work all listed shift start times (Days/Mids: 7a, 9a, 10a, 11a, 12p, 1p | Nights: 3p, 5p, 7p). Flexibility across all shifts is mandatory.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care in a high-volume Emergency Room seeing approximately 80,000 visits per year, including trauma, MVAs, GSWs, CVA/stroke, MI/chest pain, high-risk OB, and psychiatric holds
- Manage a patient ratio of 1:3–4 within a 60-bed unit (including 14 fast-track beds) utilizing bedside triage
- Operate and monitor patients on GE Lifepack monitors and ventilators including Puritan Bennett 840, Draeger, Vision BiPAP, and V60s
- Perform moderate conscious sedation with required competency testing; assist with cardioversions and closed fracture sedation
- Float between two ER locations (approximately 7 miles/15 minutes apart), potentially during mid-shifts
- Meet weekend requirements of a minimum of 4 weekend shifts per schedule period and 2 of 3 holidays during the holiday season
Required Qualifications
- Active RN license
- Minimum 2 years of ER/Trauma Level 1 experience, with experience required to be recent within the past year
- Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, TNCC or ATCN, and PALS or ENPC
- Must pass a dysrhythmia exam (via UNA only) within 48 hours of receiving an offer; maximum of 2 attempts allowed
- Must pass a PASS/FAIL Simulation Lab on Day 1 of orientation; failure results in a 6-month do-not-use designation
- Must reside more than 50 miles from the facility to be eligible; candidates who have worked full-time, part-time, or PRN at any affiliated system facility within the past year are not eligible
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Experience in a certified stroke center or chest pain center environment
- Familiarity with pediatric emergency patients (unit sees approximately 11% pediatric population)
- Experience working alongside paramedics and multidisciplinary teams in a high-acuity setting
- Prior travel nursing experience with demonstrated schedule flexibility
Why Join Us
- Work in a dynamic, high-acuity ER that is both a certified stroke center and a chest pain center, offering exposure to a wide range of complex and critical cases
- Benefit from robust on-site support including 24/7 RT, 24/7 pharmacy, in-house physicians and midlevels, and an on-unit ER pharmacist available five days per week