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Registered Nurse - Emergency Room

📍 San Luis Obispo, california · · · 36 hrs/week

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Candidate pay rate:$72.8/hr ≈ $2,621/wk before stipends Quick apply or call (408) 441-9200

Job description

Registered Nurse - Emergency Room

Start Date: 11-30-2026

End Date: 03-01-2027

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $72.80 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

  • Charting System: Cerner
  • Unit Notes: - Unit: ER
  • # beds/trauma bays: 14 beds, 2 treatment chairs, in may will be breaking ground for a new ER
  • # Psych/seclusion rooms: No
  • # patients per day: 65 per day on avg but this can fluctuate quite a bit
  • Certs: ACLS, BLS, and PALS or ENPC is required
  • Ratios: 1 to 4 generally, 1 to 2 for ICU patients, 1 to 1 for very critical patient
  • EMR: Cerner
  • Charge Nurse: ANM on from 9-9, charge nurse during night
  • Nurse Aides/Paramedics: EMT's usually one that is scheduled from 10a-10p and one from 11a-11p
  • Security/Patient sitters: techs will be sitters as needed, security is nearby lobby if needed for combative patient, security will assist with psych holds
  • Weekend Requirement: one weekend per month is required Day - Sat, Sun Night - Fri, Sat, Sun
  • Holidays: work them in with perm staff rotation
  • Scrub Color: navy
  • Tele/Monitor Techs: phillips -EMT's will watch tele but not 24/7
  • Vents: Yes
  • ED Physicans/Mid-Levels: MD's and midlevels used
  • Lab Draws: 60% of time nurses draw their own labs
  • IV Team: No
  • RT 24/7: Yes
  • Pharmacy 24/7: No - use marian for after hours after 10pm
  • Shifts: they will try to accommodate block scheduling but not guaranteed, 12 hour shifts, 5:30am - 6pm, 9a-9p, 11a-11p, 5:30pm-6am
  • Floating: No
  • Floor specific orientation: 3-4 shifts with preceptor
  • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: trauma they will stabilize and transfer, Stemi's, strokes, peds, flu, abd pain, ortho injuries, etc. 70% of their population is ESI severity index scoring of acuity level 1, 2, or 3. Pt acuity as a whole is very high. High admission rate as well. Drips include propofol, precadex, cardizem, etc.
  • Additional Notes: 2-3 years of ER experience is required, travel experience is preferred, if working nights they must have peds experience because there will only be 1-2 other nurses working with them, trauma experience is highly preferred
  • Years of Experience: 2
  • Shift Notes: 7p-7a, EOW first to float
  • Specialty: ER (Emergency Room)
  • Start Date: 2026-11-30
  • End Date: 2027-03-01
  • Created Date: 2026-10-29
  • Required Hours/Week: 36
  • Start Time: 10:00
  • End Time: 22:00
  • Positions: 1
  • 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.