Travel Nurse RN - Emergency Room (ER) / Trauma in Chula Vista, CA

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Emergency Room

Location

Chula Vista, CA | Acute Care

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Provides individualized, holistic, and age-specific patient and family care using the nursing process, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Develops and adapts comprehensive, culturally appropriate plans of care in collaboration with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Identifies and responds to patient and family educational needs through individualized education plans, applying adult-learning theory to evaluate and revise plans as needed.
• Serves as a patient and family advocate, encouraging participation in decision-making and upholding individual and family rights.
• Delegates and assigns care to other healthcare team members within their scope of practice, and coordinates with ancillary staff to expedite patient progress and workflow.
• Recognizes barriers to communication and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to establish therapeutic relationships and meet diverse patient needs.

Required Qualifications

• Active California RN License required.
• BLS certification required.
• ACLS certification required.
• NIH Stroke Scale certification required.
• PALS certification required.
• CPI or comparable crisis prevention certification required (minimum 8-hour course with at least half of class completed in person).
• BSN or ADN required.

Preferred Experience / Skills

• At least three years of recent RN experience in a registered nurse role.
• At least two years of recent RN experience in an Emergency Room or specialty area.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic Emergency Room environment where clinical expertise and patient advocacy are valued.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team committed to delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centered care.