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:

An interview may not be available prior to offer. Resume: Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, teaching facility. References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.

Required Skills/Experience: Need to have worked in a facility with similar patient volume, trauma level, and size. Must be comfortable with central line placement, MTP, chest tubes, trauma, STEMIs, strokes, etc.

Required Credentials: You are required to pass a Basic Dysrhythmia/EKG exam during onboarding. Must pass the Advanced Dysrhythmia exam with a minimum score of 83% before signing the contract; 3 attempts allowed.

Special Requests: Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained. Cannot have been directly employed full time, part time, or PRN by any CommonSpirit, CHI, or Dignity facility within the past year. PRN employment through outside firms will be considered. Cannot apply to more than one job order on the same unit and shift at the facility. Hybrid schedule: some self-scheduling and block scheduling ensuring needs are met. Scheduler will work with traveler to get schedule ironed out.

Unit Details: Separate triage area funnels into vertical care and acute care beds; travelers may be placed in triage after they have been on assignment for a while, and their skills will be assessed before placement. ED holds are intermixed within the ER, and ED RNs will care for them. Psych patients are intermixed within the ER. Approximately 135 patients daily on average. Ratios vary depending on acuity: general acute care beds 1:3-4, Level I traumas 1:1 or 2:1 depending on acuity, TNK 1:1 for first hour, vertical care 1:6-8. Patient population includes typical ER patients, N&V, chest pain, fever, pediatric URI symptoms, geriatric altered mental status, trauma, STEMI, and stroke patients. Procedures and cases include chest tubes, rapid transfusions, and intubated patients. Common drips: Diltiazem, Cardene, Nitro, sedation-propofol, fentanyl, levophed. Uses MEDITECH and Picis. 1 MD 24/7 and a 2nd MD between 9AM-2AM; NP or PA staffed 24/7 with a 2nd midlevel staffed 10A-10P. Free-floating charge nurse will take an assignment if needed and responds to codes and rapid responses on floors. Patient care techs can do EKGs, wound care, help transport patients, assist with ADLs, and help set up trauma cases, chest tubes, A-lines, and central lines. Respiratory therapy is assigned to the ER 24/7; RT performs ABGs, and breathing treatments are split between RNs and RT. RNs monitor their own telemetry. Both X-ray and CT are in the ER, and the unit has its own transporter. Phlebotomy draws labs in the ER 24/7.

Shift & Scheduling: Varied 12s starting between 1100-1300. Every other weekend. Rotates with core staff for 1 major holiday. No call.

Floating Requirements: First to float. Position will float between Bryan and College Station campuses (16 minutes apart) as needed. May float as helping hands only and will not have an assignment.