Emergency & ICU Travel RN — Critical Care Leader

Source Code; Nova Scotia; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nova Scotia Health Authority is seeking a Travel Nurse for Emergency & ICU specialties in Nova Scotia, Canada. You will provide high-acuity nursing care across ED/ICU settings, manage trauma and critical care patients, and support rapid triage using CTAS.

Minimum 2 years in ED/ICU, NSCN registration (or eligibility), BLS Level C, and English proficiency are required. ACLS/TNCC/CACCN certifications and prior NSHA travel nursing experience are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of recent Emergency Department/ICU nursing experience.
• Active registration (or eligibility) with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN).
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• BLS — Level C (Health Care Provider) Certification (current).
• CTAS triage competency is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and direct overall nursing care for assigned patients.
• Provide clinical leadership in complex or unpredictable patient care settings.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams to achieve patient and family outcomes.
• Administer medications, including IV medications, per hospital formulary.
• Complete all required documentation by the end of the shift.
• Comply with NSHA site-specific policies, emergency codes, and organizational practices.
• Perform rapid triage assessments using the CTAS framework.
• Manage high-acuity emergency presentations, including trauma and resuscitation, or provide advanced critical care nursing for hemodynamically unstable patients.
• Initiate emergency interventions and stabilization protocols.
• Participate in emergency response teams and code situations.
• Manage ventilated patients and complex monitoring equipment.
• Administer vasoactive medications and titrate drips per protocol.

Skills

Emergency/ICU nursing experience

CTAS triage competency

English fluency

NSCN licensure/eligibility

BLS Level C

Education

Nursing degree (accredited School of Nursing)

Job description

Nova Scotia Health Authority is seeking a Travel Nurse for Emergency & ICU specialties in Nova Scotia, Canada. You will provide high-acuity nursing care across ED/ICU settings, manage trauma and critical care patients, and support rapid triage using CTAS.

Minimum 2 years in ED/ICU, NSCN registration (or eligibility), BLS Level C, and English proficiency are required. ACLS/TNCC/CACCN certifications and prior NSHA travel nursing experience are highly valued.