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:

References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to. Resume: Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, teaching facility.

Special Requests:

• Must take full 6 months off from any Sanford Health or Good Samaritan Society location as well.
• Must disclose previous employment on your resume or elsewhere within the submission for a DNU check.
• Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.
• Travel pairs accepted.
• Must note in submission if clinician has ever worked for Marshfield. If clinician previously worked with Marshfield, they must have an end date 6 months prior to their submission date.

Unit Details:

• Travelers can triage after review and understanding of facility policies and procedures.
• Patients are typically held in the department, with attached ACU rooms used for overflow; separate psych/seclusion capability.
• No 24/7 in-house security; uses maintenance, local PD, and internal code backup.
• Nurse: patient ratio 1:3-4 during day more at night after 11p, after 3 am only 2 RN until 7a.
• Variable ED population including trauma, motor vehicle accidents, hunting, and farm-related injuries; not a stroke or STEMI receiving center and sends those patients out.
• ED physician in house 24/7; charge nurse takes an assignment.
• 24/7 support includes huck coverage, CNAs, medics, LPNs, RT, and phlebotomy. No monitor tech; central monitoring station with RN monitoring.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Variable 12-hour shift start times: 10am, 12pm, 3pm.
• Manager makes the schedule, tries to avoid 1 on and 1 off patterns, and requires rotation through variable start times.
• Every other weekend: Saturday and Sunday.
• Holiday requirement: 2/3 at least for winter needs; otherwise usually every other during the contract.
• May volunteer to go home.

Floating Requirements:

• Inpatient for helping hands.