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Trauma Nurse Lead

📍 Augusta, georgia · · · 36 hrs/week

NursingUHC-00153747
Candidate pay rate:$56/hr ≈ $2,016/wk before stipends Quick apply or call (408) 441-9200

Job description

Trauma Nurse Lead

Start Date: 09-21-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $56.00 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

  • TNCC, ACLS, BLS, PALS
  • Unit Specifics:
  • ·
  • Scheduling requirements: NIGHTS AND
  • WEEKENDS
  • ·
  • Floating: N/A
  • ·
  • On call schedule: N/A
  • ·
  • EMR: Meditech
  • ·
  • Weekends: yes
  • Hiring
  • profile
  • Requested Skill Set Questions
  • Must have : Current TNCC, ENPC, ACLS, BLS, PALS
  • Experience: Two (2) year experience in emergency department nursing
  • care and/or one (1) year experience in trauma nursing care.
  • Advanced skills needed:
  • Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Other Attributes: Strong IV background, ability to
  • independently run a mass transfusion through level 1 rapid infuser. Rapid critical
  • thinking skills. Effective communication skills
  • both orally and
  • written. Computer skills needed. Ability to manage a team and work with
  • others within a team to ensure quality patient care. Strong in problem solving skills.
  • Comfortable with leading team in management of high acuity trauma as part of
  • emergency department direct care nursing team.
  • Procedures performed on unit: IV
  • placement, spinal stabilization, splinting, assisting with chest tube
  • procedure, traction, central/ art line placement, emergency bedside
  • procedures
  • Certifications Required: TNCC
  • Dress Code : (Required uniform)
  • ·
  • RED/BLACK SCRUBS- RED TOP BLACK BOTTOM
  • Awards/Recognition: Please include anything that you would
  • like prospective candidates to be aware of, such as, links to videos that
  • feature the department, outstanding department/team awards..
  • ·
  • Any additional information that would entice a worker to select your
  • unit for their assignment: Consider items such as new
  • equipment or technology, tenure and experience of staff, schedule options,
  • etc.
  • ·
  • This is a
  • Trauma Nurse Lead position working in the emergency room environment during
  • the initial primary and secondary survey period.

Apply Now

Ready to start your next adventure as a Trauma Nurse Lead? 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.