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:

Monument Health blackout dates for RTO are 8/1/24 - 8/18/24. Any RTO or special requests not included on your application will NOT be considered.

Monument includes the expected start date they prefer on their job postings. Please keep this in mind when listing your start date availability! If you can start on the day they are requesting, you are more likely to be selected for an interview or offer.

Expect someone with a 501 or 605 area code to reach out to interview you for this position.

Guaranteed Hour: 36

Scheduling:

• 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
• Will they be On Call? No
• Holiday Expectations: Only if needed
• Approval of time off? Manager Approval Needed

Floating:

• 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

Main ED: 33 beds

• 8 beds for Trauma/Resuscitation
• 1 pod has 4 Behavioral Health rooms (can covert to Medical)
• 5 pods are divided 4 rooms and a hall bed
• Vertical care: area that we can use - has a waiting room/holding area to start cares, or we use it as ESI 3 and ESI 4 patients at times. We could also use it as our 6th and 7th pod (higher acuity) depending on the flow of the ED.

Patient Types:

• Neonates – Geriatric
• Minor to critical patients seeking care in the ED, to include but not limited to: Sepsis, DKA, Respiratory Illness; GI bleeds requiring emergent blood products, and banding
• HEAVY Trauma population - Level 2 trauma center, we stay busy with trauma’s particularly during the summer months. (Stab wounds, GSWs, MVC’s, drownings and falls.)
• Complete Stroke center - can take a person with Stroke s/s up to 24 hours
• 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.
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit so we care for the critically ill child.
• We do care for multiple cardiac patients and have a cardiac catheter lab.
• Triage Nurse who must know sick from not sick and who to care for first. Know ESI assessments.

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

Minimum Experience: RN: 2 years of ED experience EXCLUDING travel experience is most preferred

Skills required:

• Experience with all patient types above
• ESI assessments during Triage

Required Certifications: CPI or MAB/MOAB (preferred)

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

Scrub Color: Navy