Travel Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Guaranteed Hour: 36

Permanent staff must wait 1 full year to return as a traveler

Travelers are expected to take Sexual Assault patients and are responsible for evidence collection, in rotation with permanent staff – they will not be doing pelvic exams. This would include buccal swabs, fingernail scraping, clothing collection, and interviewing of victims. There is a resource booklet they can use and they also have a SA Quality Coordinator, 24/7, who likes to be called at the beginning of each case and she will answer questions throughout the process. The CRN's and other staff can also assist.

CPI or MAB/MOAB (preferred)

Required Education: Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing

Skills required: Experience with all patient types above – seek manager approval if a candidate does not have these patient type experiences

ESI assessments during Triage

Able to care for all level of patients, using critical thinking, good communication and willing to ask questions, prioritization of care

Floating: If yes, where? Could float to inpatient Med/Surg, PCU or ICU areas only as a task nurse (not to take an assignment) Could be floated within scope of practice and below

4 hours of ED specific education and minimum (2) 12-hour shifts on the unit, if traveler is contracted for 48h/week, they will receive a minimum of (3) 12-hour shifts on the unit

The ED hires in variable shifts, we utilize travelers to fill in our holes. Shifts Times: 0630-1900,1000-2230,1200-0030, 1400-0200 and 1830-0700 – if working variable shifts, will not work both Days and Nights in the same week

Traveler could potentially work every weekend, depends on staffing. They will be used to fill holes in the perm staff schedule

Holiday Expectations: Only if needed

Approval of time off? Manager Approval Needed No requests will be considered during the first 3 weeks of August annually – Sturgis Bike Rally

Scrub Color: Navy