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Registered Nurse - Emergency Room

📍 Bakersfield, california · · · 36 hrs/week

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Candidate pay rate:$75.6/hr ≈ $2,722/wk before stipends Quick apply or call (408) 441-9200

Job description

Registered Nurse - Emergency Room

Start Date: 12-14-2026

End Date: 03-15-2027

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $75.60 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: ED
  • # beds: 18 Beds (Fast track staffed with midlevel's & LVNs)
  • Certs: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS,
  • Ratios: 1 to 4 unless ICU patient would be 1 to 2
  • EMR: Cerner
  • Charge Nurse: Shift manager & a resource nurse
  • Nurse Aides: ED Techs are EMT or aides from other units
  • Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts in a 4 week schedule
  • Weekends are Fri/Sat for nights & Sat/Sun for days"
  • Holidays: 1 major & 1 minor
  • Scrub Color: Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black.
  • Tele: Phillips
  • Vents: yes
  • Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes - only use MD's in the ER
  • IV Team: No
  • RT 24/7: Yes
  • Pharmacy 24/7: Yes & Omnicell
  • Shifts: 12's Schedules are for 4 weeks. Block scheduling is not allowed. Traveler needs open availability and they will NOT accommodate PRN schedules.
  • Floating: Floating could happen between the 2 facilities to the ER. If floated prior to shift, would get a 2 hour notice prior start. Midshift floating could happen. The facilities are only 6.5 miles apart.
  • Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts at the primary campus & 1 shift at the other campus
  • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Less peds than Mercy Southwest campus. This campus has CDCR (correctional patients) officer comes from the prison & stays with them. All OB are transfer to the other campus. A little more homeless & indigent population here. No cardiac patients. These would be stabilized & transferred out.
  • Additional Notes: This must be their primary job. They will not work around another work schedule to accommodate hours. Must be very teamwork oriented. They treat between 85 - 115 patients per day with an average of 100 patients per day.
  • Years of Experience: 2
  • Shift Notes: Nights, EOW, first to float
  • Specialty: ER
  • Start Date: 2026-12-14
  • End Date: 2027-03-15
  • Created Date: 2026-11-05
  • Required Hours/Week: 36
  • 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.