Travel RN - Emergency Dept

Travel RN - Emergency Dept

American Traveler

Melbourne, Florida, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-11-02

$1,806.29/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced Emergency Department RN for a night shift assignment requiring a Florida or compact license, ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, PALS, and TNCC certifications.

Details

General Emergency Department treating combined adult and pediatric patients within a Level II Trauma Center

Night shift schedule of 3x12-hour shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM

Patient ratio of 1:4

Required to work every other weekend, totaling 6 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule cycle

Required to work a major holiday of choice

On-call responsibilities as needed

Float requirement to all 4 facility locations (Holmes, Viera, Cape Canaveral, Palm Bay)

Uses EPIC for documentation

Requirements

Active FL or compact RN license required at time of consideration; pending licenses not accepted

Minimum 1 year of RN experience required

EPIC charting experience required

Current certifications required: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, PALS, and TNCC (CPI preferred)

Previous travel nursing experience required

Skills required include IV therapy/phlebotomy, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line care, IV starts and maintenance

Experience managing BiPAP/CPAP and ventilated patients, with ability to interpret ABGs

Experience with continuous IV sedation, IV vasopressors, and procedural sedation administration/monitoring

Experience with neurological emergencies including CVA, ICP monitoring, neuro-trauma, and spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries

Experience with trauma cases including gunshot wounds, traumatic amputations, and ortho trauma

Experience interpreting and managing cardiac dysrhythmias

Previous acute care experience in a large hospital setting required

Two supervisory references (Manager, Supervisor, Charge Nurse, or Director) dated within the past year required for consideration

Additional Information

Provide emergency nursing care across a range of trauma, pediatric, neurological, and cardiac cases

Follow isolation precautions and PPE protocols, and perform triage duties as needed

Flu vaccine required between 10/31-3/31 with medical or religious exemptions only

Scrubs may be any solid color, self-provided or facility-provided, with matching top and bottom colors and no logos or prints

First-time travelers are not accepted for this role

Former employees or contracted staff must be separated from the facility for at least one year before returning as a traveler

Local candidates are accepted at the same travel rate with no radius restriction

Finalized RTO must be submitted with initial application and will not be accepted after offer

Travel pairs may be permitted with unit leader approval, though matching schedules are not guaranteed

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12