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Registered Nurse - Emergency Room

📍 Northridge, california · · · 36 hrs/week

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Candidate pay rate:$67.9/hr ≈ $2,444/wk before stipends Quick apply or call (408) 441-9200

Job description

Registered Nurse - Emergency Room

Start Date: 11-10-2026

End Date: 02-09-2027

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $67.90 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Education

  • Trauma Level: 2
  • Charting System: Cerner
  • Unit Notes: - Unit: ER
  • Fast track: 12 beds- typically ran by midlevels, travelers will work fast track and main ER
  • # beds/trauma bays: In transition to 45 beds- 12 beds are fast track on the south side, 2 trauma bays- don't assign trauma patients to travelers
  • # Psych/seclusion rooms: 2 and a hallway- room for 3 psych patients. Have tele psych and the crisis team that comes in. Average holds 6-8 hours can be 24 hr or longer if BHU is full
  • # patients per day: Average 186 a day, high census of 230-250 during influenza season
  • Certs: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS
  • Ratios: 4:1
  • EMR: Cerner first net
  • Charge Nurse: Nurse shift managers- doesn't take patient load
  • Nurse Aides/Paramedics: EMT's typically 5-6 if good staffing
  • Security/Patient sitters: Sitters from the house for mental health patients
  • Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
  • Holidays: Yes 1 major, 1 minor for both winter and summer holidays
  • Scrub Color: RN- Navy, NA- green
  • Tele/Monitor Techs: At bedside and nurses station- must read interpret strips
  • Vents: RT typically maintains, RN's must be able to trouble shoot
  • ED Physicans/Mid-Levels: have MD's and midlevels could have total of 6-7 at a time
  • Lab Draws: Phlebotomy in ER 24/7.
  • IV Team: No
  • RT 24/7: Yes
  • Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
  • Shifts: 12 hr shifts 7a, 9a, 11a, 1p, 3p, 5p, 7p
  • Floating: No
  • Floor specific orientation: 3 days total in the unit- 2 days on floor and 1 day with educator
  • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: General ED as well as adult and pediatric trauma, STEMI, and stroke center, high population of mental health, sepsis, timely boluses for peds and adults,
  • Additional Notes: "Culture is currently a mixture amongst the nurses. They have a vareity that have been there for long period of time-can be more grumpy, then have new hires which are nice and friendly. Currently working to change culture on the unit. 10 comp center- Peds, STEMI, comp stroke, rape kits, trauma, MICN bc base hospital for EMS.
  • Looking for candidate with large pediatric experience, a mixture of both adult and pediatric experience. Very fast paced- very busy ER. See a large pediatric population.
  • "
  • Years of Experience: 3
  • Shift Notes: 12 hr Nights, EOW, First to Float
  • Specialty: ER (Emergency Room)
  • Start Date: 2026-11-10
  • End Date: 2027-02-09
  • Created Date: 2026-10-12
  • Required Hours/Week: 36
  • Positions: 2
  • Short Description: RN (Registered Nurse)
  • Contract Type:

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Ready to start your next adventure as a Registered Nurse - Emergency Room? Let's get you moving forward!

Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.

Why UHCS

Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.