Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - COVID19 - $2,329 per week

NuWest Travel Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN ED - Emergency Department for a travel nursing job in Santa Maria, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : ED - Emergency Department
• Discipline : RN
• Start Date : 02 / 10 / 2025
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type : Travel

Unit Notes : - Unit : ER - Fast track : 4 bed fasttrack - # beds / trauma bays : 32 beds and 6 treatment chairs - # Psych / seclusion rooms : room set up specifically for psych but they have a large population of psych that they use other rooms for psych - # patients per day : 208 per day, up to 317 depending how busy they are - Certs : ACLS, BLS, PALS, NIHSS, TNCC is preferred - Ratios : 1 to 4, 1 to 1 or 2 if ICU status - EMR : Cerner - Charge Nurse : yes - Assistant nurse manager on 24 / 7, they do not take a patient assignment - Nurse Aides / Paramedics : ER techs - CNAs and EMT's - Security / Patient sitters : CNAs are patient sitters if needed, security is in lobby if needed - Weekend Requirement : every other - Holidays : they will work them in with perm staff rotation - Scrub Color : navy - Tele / Monitor Techs : Phillips -nurses must read and interpret strips, they have a unit clerk that functions like a monitor tech - Vents : Yes - ED Physicans / Mid-Levels : MD's and midlevels used - Lab Draws : nurses are not allowed to do lab draws - IV Team : No -RT 24 / 7 : Yes - Pharmacy 24 / 7 : Yes - Shifts : 12 hr shifts, 7-7, 11-11, 3-3 - Floating : they will have to float t Arroyo Grande to work their ER -Floor specific orientation : 3 shifts - Common diagnosis / Types of patients : a lot of trauma, 30% of population is peds, stroke, STEMI's, etc. - Additional Notes : Candidates must have 2 years of experience or more, travel experience is preferred. Cancellation Policy : Hospital may cancel up to 3 times per contract. Each cancellation could be a full shift or any part of a shift. (Hospital may also pay full hours for a particular shift, in lieu of cancellation). Charting System : Cerner BSN Required : No License to Submit : Yes Trauma Level : 3 Care Setting : Acute Division : Nursing Shift Notes : 7p-7a, EOW first to float Required Certifications : ACLS, BLS, COVID Vaccine Required, NIHSS, PALS