Travel Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department

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Additional Details:

Please keep in mind when listing your start date availability, if you can start the day Monument Health is 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.

Required Skills/Experience: 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. If traveler has experience outside of this specialty – please include this is your offer details. ICU RN qualified to float to ED. PCU RN qualified to float to ICU.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Minimum Experience: RN: 2 years of ED experience EXCLUDING travel experience is most preferred. If they have 1.5 years of ED experience EXCLUDING travel and have 2 years of experience outside of ED.

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

Preferred Credentials: CPI or MAB/MOAB (preferred). NURSYS.

Unit/Facility Details: Level II Trauma Center. Level III NICU. Magnet Designated. Primary Stroke. Teaching Hospital. 417 Beds. Regional hospital - busiest ED in South Dakota; we cover 350–500-mile radius to include West of the Missouri River in SD, Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana, and Colorado. We receive transfers from Indian Health services (IHS) Pine Ridge, Rose Bud, and Eagle Butte. There are 3 main helicopter/fixed wing services that bring us patients depending on where they are coming from and multiple ambulance services in the surrounding area. Patients are sent to us for a higher level of care.

150-180 patients seen daily.

Beds: 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.

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

Shift & Scheduling: 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.

Floating Requirements: 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.