Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $2,732 per week

Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN ED - Emergency Department for a travel nursing job in West Bronx, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : ED - Emergency Department
• Discipline : RN
• Start Date : 10 / 15 / 2024
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours
• Employment Type : Travel

Our new client in New York City is looking for a strong ER travel RN. They need someone to start ASAP for 13 weeks! For more details please contact a Medical Solutions Career Consultant at ! Department : ER RN

Required Certifications : BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS (3 hrs Stroke). Must have 8 hrs of Stroke education. Prefer TNCC.

• Trauma Level : Trauma Level II. Stroke and STEMI Certified.
• Beds : 65 Bays- divided into different zones (A, B, C, D, & E), and staff be rotated through each zone.

Designated Code / Trauma area.

• Do you have a Fast Track : 10 Chairs. Staffing : 2 Attendings, 1 RN.
• Do you have a separate Triage area? : Separate area close to the waiting room, 3-4 Triage RNs. Travelers

are required to triage experience and may be asked to work in this area.

Do you have a separate holding area in the ER : Can see ER Hold Patients throughout the ER. ER is staffed with

ERG nurses (MS Inpatient RNs) that assist in taking ER hold patients; ER RNs may still be assigned ER Hold

patients when necessary.

• Do you have separate Psych rooms? : No, Psych Patients transferred to Fulton Campus.
• Security in-house 24 / 7 : 24 / 7 in the ER.
• How many patients do you treat in the ER / day : 118,000 per year approx. 9850 / month.
• Nurse : Patient Ratios : 1 : 4-8 depending on acuity of patients, census, and staffing; high ratios are not

uncommon. They do not have set ratios in the ER.

• Required Certifications : BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS (3 hrs Stroke). Must have 8 hrs of Stroke education. Prefer TNCC.
• Common Diagnoses : Pt Population Adults and Peds; DM, Asthma, Resp Issues, COVID, Chest Pain, STEMI, CVA,

Stokes, Psych, Trauma, and more.

Experience : 2 years of ER Experience. Must have triage experience. Prefer : Trauma experience. Will accept first

time travelers if they have similar inner-city (metropolitan) ED experience.

Common drips : Must be able to titrate all critical drips. Must be able comfortable providing conscious sedation

for bedside procedures and / or pain management.

ED Physician / Mid-Levels : 1-2 Attendings in each zone, 3-4 RNs in each area, & 1 PCT in each zone; RN may be

asked to do primary care nursing and RNs to work as a team in their zone.

• Charge Nurse : 1 Charge and 1 Manager in the ER 24 / 7.
• Nurse aids : 1 PCTs in each zone Job Duties : phlebotomy, 12 Lead EKGs, vital signs, POCT, patient care, assist RNs, and more.
• Is RT in the ER 24 / 7? : In house 24 / 7; RT NOT designed to the ED, but are available by call 24 / 7.
• RT Equipment : RT will set up Resp. Equip and RN expected to help monitor and maintain it.
• Do you have Monitor Techs in the ER : No Monitor Tech or centralized monitoring, RNs to read and interpret

their own tele, monitors in the room.

X-Ray or CT in the ER? : Down the hall on the same floor; Transport team available, RNs expected to assist in

transporting unstable patients.

• Does Phlebotomy draw labs or RN's draw : RN to draw upon IV access and PCTs may do redraws with butterfly.
• Shifts & Scheduling : RN Shifts : 7-7 : 30, 12-12 : 30. PCT Shifts : 7-3 : 30, 3-11 : 30, 11-7 : 30. Schedule is made out by

management and travelers asked to stay flexible and fill gaps in permanent staffing. Will consider block

scheduling. Huddle starts at 7 and RNs expected to be ready to go at that time, tardiness is not tolerated.

• Weekend Requirements : Typically EOW. May be asked to help cover extra weekends at times.
• Holiday Requirements : May be asked to go into the Holiday Rotation.
• Is there call or a standby requirement : None
• Floating Requirements : None
• Scrub Color : Royal Blue
• Unit Specific Orientation : 1-2 shifts with a preceptor. Orientation : Tues - Badging, Wed & Th classroom orientation, Fri on the unit with a preceptor (11.5 hrs).

Date Entered On : 8 / 1 / 2024

Tact Medical Staffing Job ID . Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

Posted job title : Registered Nurse - Emergency Room

About Tact Staff

Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level.

Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments.

Our team is committed to providing our nurses with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide.

Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you.

Be Adventurous, Make a Difference , Travel with Tact.

Be Adventurous - Becoming a travel nurse is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well. It is an opportunity to challenge yourelf, to explore a new place, and try amazing food

Make a Difference - Nurses make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unoticed.

We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do.

Travel with Tact - From the moment we receive your resume we begin trying to build a relationship with you. We know the importance of becoming your friend, before becoming your recruiter.

Building friendly, yet professional relationships allows us to discover what you truly want and don't want in a travel assignment.