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:
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- Scheduling requirements: NIGHTS AND
- WEEKENDS
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- Floating: N/A
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- On call schedule: N/A
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- EMR: Meditech
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- 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)
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- 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..
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- 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.
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- 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.