Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN ED - Emergency Department for a travel nursing job in Seattle, Washington.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ED - Emergency Department
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 10/18/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Emergency Department (ED) Travel RN – Breakdown
Position: Emergency Department RN
Primary Facility: Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Region: Region I
Setting: Acute Care – Trauma Level III
Contract: 13 weeks
Shift:12-hour nights, 7:00 PM–7:30 AM
Hours:36 hours/week
Weekend: Every other weekend
Holidays: Must be willing to work holidays
Required Certifications
- BLS
- ACLS
- NIHSS
- PALS
- Active WA RN license — facility is willing to wait for the license
Experience Required
- 1 year of ED experience
- Behavioral health experience required/preferred
- Travel experience is preferred; ideally 1–2 completed travel assignments
- Charge experience preferred
- Travelers may be used as charge nurses, particularly at night, if willing.
ED Details
- 17 beds, can flex to 22
- Approximately 66 patients/day
- Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:4
- Comprehensive Stroke Center
- STEMI receiving facility
- Fast-track process through triage lobby
- Separate triage area
- 4 designated psychiatric rooms
- Heavy behavioral-health/psychosis population
- Common cases: stroke, STEMI, sepsis, chest pain, psychosis, behavioral health
- Pediatrics are rare (~1%) and generally treated/transferred
Skills / Clinical Experience
Candidate should be comfortable with:
- Stroke care
- STEMI/cardiac patients
- Sepsis
- Behavioral health
- Critical/unstable patients
- Insulin drips
- Cardiac drips
- Sedation
- Critical-care drips
- EKG/telemetry monitoring
- Blood draws/phlebotomy
- ABGs if experienced
- Respiratory treatments
- Triage experience is a plus
Scheduling
- 7 PM–7:30 AM
- Every other weekend
- Must work some holidays
- No call
- No floating requirement under normal circumstances
- Block scheduling not guaranteed
- Schedule is generally arranged in advance
- Start times can vary, but this specific need is nights
Floating – Important
The primary facility is Virginia Mason Medical Center, but the traveler may be required to float throughout Region I, including:
- St. Anne Hospital – Burien
- St. Francis Hospital – Federal Way
- Virginia Mason Medical Center – Seattle
Other Requirements
- Driver's license required at submission
- Royal Blue scrubs
- EPIC charting
- 1 shift of orientation with an experienced ED RN
- Hospital can cancel up to 4 shifts during a 13-week contract
- Guaranteed 36 hours/week
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits