Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $2,352 per week

Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $2,352 per week at Talent4Health summary:

This position is for a Travel Nurse Registered Nurse (RN) specializing in Emergency Department (ED) care, providing critical, patient-centered nursing services during night shifts over a 13-week travel assignment in Athol, Massachusetts. The nurse performs comprehensive assessments, administers medications, manages emergency interventions, and collaborates with healthcare teams to ensure high standards of patient care and safety. Required qualifications include an AS in nursing (BS preferred), 3-5 years of ED experience, and relevant certifications such as ACLS, BLS, with preferred additional trauma and emergency nursing certifications.

Talent4Health is seeking a travel nurse RN ED - Emergency Department for a travel nursing job in Athol, Massachusetts.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ED - Emergency Department
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/22/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Shift Information:

36 to 48 Hours, (07:00PM - 07:00AM), Every other weekend required, Every 3rd holiday required

OR

Shift Information:

36-Hour, 3x12-Hour (07:00PM - 07:00AM), Every 3rd weekend required, Every 3rd holiday required

Job Requirements

Minimum Education

• AS in nursing required, BS in nursing preferred.

Minimum Work Experience

• 3-5 years ED experience preferred.

Minimum Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurses, Current MA license
• ACLS upon hire OR must hold an active BLS card and obtain AHA ACLS within 60 days of hire
• AHA PALS within six (6) months of hire
• TNCC, ENPC and CEN preferred

Essential Functions

• Assesses (and reassesses), plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions/plans of care/patient goals.
• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.
• Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
• Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.
• Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary
• Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.
• Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).
• Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.
• Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.
• Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).
• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
• Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.
• Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician’s orders, protocols, policies and procedures.
• Assesses patient pain level upon admission and as necessary, depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale.
• Reassesses effectiveness of pain control and notifies physicians as needed, as well as, documents assessment and patients’ response to medication.
• Performs and documents initial assessment upon patients’ arrival and implements triage protocols as needed.
• Identifies patients at risk for potential/alleged abuse.
• Initiates safety plans for domestic violence, child, and elder abuse patients.
• Completes required mandated reporting in a timely manner.
• Collects and documents forensic evidence as per policy.
• Maintains chain of evidence per policy and procedures
• Completes mandated reports for stabbings, gunshot wounds, burns, and sexual assault per policy and procedure.
• Maintains knowledge of Disaster Policy and Procedure.
• Identifies patient at risk for violent behavior and appropriately implements non-violent intervention (i.e. Code 100).
• Demonstrates knowledge of the indications for, alternatives, monitoring and documentation of restraint to use.
• Recognizes normal and abnormal laboratory and diagnostic results and appropriately notifies the physician of changes in a timely manner.
• Safely administers vasoactive medications demonstrating understanding of dosage, action, use, side effects, and titration parameters associated with maintenance of critical drips.
• Performs accurate and timely identification of cardiac arrhythmias.
• Institutes, monitors, and documents thrombolytic and anticoagulation therapy standards and protocols.
• Demonstrates skills associated with initiation and maintenance of the intubated patient including, suctioning, troubleshooting, and weaning.
• Accurately interprets arterial blood gases, pulse oximetry, and clinical features of impaired gas exchange and/or airway clearance.
• Responsible for obtaining supporting information and completing required documentation related to medication reconciliation for use by the Attending MD.
• Responsible for implementing components of the VAP bundle consistently and per protocol. Responsible for alerting the Nurse Manager/Director/Nursing Supervisor if there is a deviation from VAP bundle by Attending MD for case review and follow up as indication.

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