Travel RN - GI/Endoscopy
Columbia, South Carolina
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Posted Sep 10
Staffing and support
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
Do you qualify?
- License
- Active SC RN license or compact license required in hand prior to start Check your license
- License
- Social Security number and driver's license required for consideration
- Certification
- BLS and ACLS certifications required (AHA only)
- Experience
- Minimum 2 years of GI/Endoscopy RN experience required
- Experience
- Experience with post-procedure care, airway management, and recovery from monitored anesthesia care sedation required
- Experience
- Experience circulating for colonoscopy, EGD, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and esophageal varices/banding procedures required
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- Experience
- Epic charting experience preferredPreferred
- Experience
- Experience with ERCP and scrub role preferredPreferred
- Also asks
- Familiarity with equipment such as balloon dilators, dilators, disposable grounding pads, electrosurgical units, ERBE devices, forceps, foreign body equipment, and polyp snares preferredPreferred
- Also asks
- Skilled in specimen handling/labeling, pre-procedure care, and starting/maintaining IVs
What's around it?
Living costs about 6% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,204/mo
- Household income
- $55,529/yr, all local households, not nurse pay
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
From Census ACS 2024.
About this role
Assignment Overview
- Shift: Days, 4x10hrs
- Hours: 40 hrs/wk
- Start Date: Oct 12, 2026
- Length: 13 weeks
- Openings: 1
American Traveler is hiring a GI/Endoscopy RN with at least 2 years of experience and SC or compact RN licensure for a 13-week acute care hospital assignment.
Details
- Acute care hospital setting within the Endoscopy department
- 75 staffed bed facility with inpatient and outpatient endoscopy center work settings
- Day shift schedule, 4x10 hours, 6:30am-5:00pm
- Patient ratios of 1:1 in the procedure suite and up to 4:1 for preop and discharge
- Weekend rotation required every third weekend, covering Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Weekday on-call required Monday through Thursday
- Floating within scope to sister units may occasionally be required
- Uses Epic for charting
- Scrubs provided in navy blue
Requirements
- Active SC RN license or compact license required in hand prior to start
- Minimum 2 years of GI/Endoscopy RN experience required
- BLS and ACLS certifications required (AHA only)
- Epic charting experience preferred
- Experience with post-procedure care, airway management, and recovery from monitored anesthesia care sedation required
- Experience circulating for colonoscopy, EGD, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and esophageal varices/banding procedures required
- Experience with ERCP and scrub role preferred
- Familiarity with equipment such as balloon dilators, dilators, disposable grounding pads, electrosurgical units, ERBE devices, forceps, foreign body equipment, and polyp snares preferred
- Skilled in specimen handling/labeling, pre-procedure care, and starting/maintaining IVs
- Social Security number and driver's license required for consideration
Application details and notices
Additional Information
- Responsibilities include pre- and post-procedure patient care, specimen handling, and IV starts
- May be assigned to emergency response teams during hurricane season (June through November, peak August-September)
- Block scheduling may be requested but is not guaranteed
- First-time travelers may be considered depending on position needs
- Previous MUSC perm or PRN staff must be separated from the system for at least 1 year before returning as a traveler
- Local candidates accepted on a case-by-case basis at a reduced rate; radius rule is 60 miles with non-local candidates prioritized
- Travelers should reside within 30 minutes of the facility to respond to call as needed
- All requested time off (RTO) must be submitted at time of application for consideration
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How this role fits you
About the employer
On your path
Travel Nursing depends on where your license works. Staff experience first; a compact license opens more states.
Worth asking
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- Can you walk me through differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours and holiday?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are floating and staffing support handled day to day?