GHR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN ED - Emergency Department for a travel nursing job in Topeka, Kansas.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ED - Emergency Department
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/18/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
Emergency Room Registered Nurse (ER RN) – Travel Nursing Assignment in Topeka, Kansas
Join a high-volume emergency department as a travel ER RN in Topeka, Kansas. Use your emergency nursing expertise to provide compassionate care for patients with urgent and complex conditions while working alongside an experienced interdisciplinary team. This on-site travel nursing job offers an opportunity to expand your clinical skills in a fast-paced emergency setting.
Travel Nursing Job Details
- Location: Topeka, Kansas
- Assignment Type: Travel nursing contract
- Estimated Weekly Pay: $1,660–$1,750
- Start Date: October 28, 2026
- Assignment Duration: 13 weeks, through January 27, 2027
- Shift: 12-hour shifts, approximately 3:00 PM–3:00 AM
- Schedule: Options may include 36 or 48 hours per week; two weekend shifts required during the contract
- Department: Emergency Room / Emergency Department
- Patient Ratio: Approximately 1:4
- Department Volume: Approximately 100 visits per day across a 22-room emergency department
- Charting: Epic experience required
- Orientation: Approximately 24 hours
Topeka offers a welcoming Midwestern setting with a blend of urban conveniences, historic character, outdoor recreation, and easy access to the broader Kansas City region. Enjoy this Kansas healthcare opportunity while advancing your emergency nursing career.
Emergency Room RN Job Requirements
- Active Kansas RN license or Compact RN license required at the time of submission
- At least 1 year of recent emergency department nursing experience
- Current BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS, and TNCC certifications required in hand at submission
- Previous Epic electronic health record charting experience required
- Experience caring for adult and pediatric emergency patients is preferred
- Ability to care for approximately four patients while prioritizing rapidly changing clinical needs
- Willingness to float to comparable units within the RN's scope of practice as needed
- Travel nursing experience is welcome, and first-time travelers may be considered
Emergency Nursing Responsibilities
- Provide safe, timely, and compassionate emergency nursing care to patients presenting with emergent and complex conditions
- Perform triage, focused assessments, reassessments, medication administration, and ongoing patient monitoring
- Care for patients experiencing DKA, CHF, STEMI, stroke, suicidal or homicidal ideation, acute psychosis, overdose, seizures, respiratory illness, and multisystem complications
- Recognize changes in patient condition and initiate appropriate emergency interventions
- Manage and monitor patients requiring ventilatory support, BiPAP/CPAP, IV vasopressors, sedation, and other emergency therapies
- Perform or assist with procedures including intubation, central line care, arterial line management, chest tube management, procedural sedation, IV placement, and 12-lead ECG acquisition
- Administer blood products and emergency medications according to established protocols
- Collaborate with respiratory therapy, pharmacy, radiology, laboratory, social services, rapid response, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team
- Accurately document assessments, interventions, and outcomes in Epic
- Support patient safety, infection prevention, behavioral health precautions, and respectful care for every patient and family
Apply now for this Emergency Room RN travel nursing assignment in Topeka, Kansas, and take the next step in your emergency nursing career.
Benefits
401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
GHR Healthcare Job ID #526686. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: ER
About GHR Healthcare
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