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Emergency Department (ED) — Travel RN

Location: Latrobe, PA | Contract: 13 Weeks | Start Date: November 16, 2026

Shift: Rotating Days and Nights, 3x12-hour shifts

• Days: 6:45 AM – 7:15 PM
• Nights: 6:45 PM – 7:15 AM
• Weekend coverage every other weekend; every other holiday required

Unit Overview

This combined adult and pediatric Emergency Department sees approximately 80 visits per day across a full spectrum of ages — neonates through geriatrics. The unit is stroke-certified and serves as a chest pain referral destination, with an adolescent psychiatric component. Interdisciplinary support includes respiratory services, pharmacy, rapid response, social services, radiology, and phlebotomy.

Clinical Scope

Candidates should be comfortable managing high-acuity presentations including ventilated patients, chest tube insertion/management, continuous IV sedation and paralytics, IV vasopressors, procedural sedation, multisystem organ dysfunction, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, BiPAP/CPAP, blood product administration, stroke (CVA), psychiatric holds, suicidal patients, and managing violent or behavioral health situations.

Required Certifications

ACLS, BLS, CPI, NIHSS, PALS (all AHA-issued)

Preferred

Avade and/or Crisis Communication Management (CCM) training strongly preferred

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of ED experience in a hospital setting
• Active Pennsylvania or Compact RN license
• Charting experience required; familiarity with electronic health records preferred
• Must reside more than 50 miles from the facility
• Willing to float within the hospital and to sister facilities within a 10-mile radius
• Flu vaccine required (medical/religious exemptions considered); COVID-19 vaccine not required