Registered Nurse
Emergency & ICU Specialty Registered Nurse
Travel Nurse — Contract
Schedule: Rotating 12-Hour Shifts (Days/Nights), Weekends, And Holidays As Required
Previous Nova Scotia Health Experience Preferred
Role Summary:
Provide emergency nursing care in NSHA Emergency Departments across Nova Scotia. You will manage a high-acuity, rapid-paced patient caseload including trauma, medical emergencies, acute presentations, and triage. NSHA highly values returning nurses who have previously worked in their facilities. Nova Scotia offers beautiful coastlines, friendly communities, and a lower cost of living than most major Canadian cities.

Must-Haves:

Minimum 2 years of recent Emergency Department/ICU nursing experience. Can be a mix of ED/ICU exp

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Active registration (or eligibility) with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN)

Basic Life Support — Level C (Health Care Provider) Certification (current)

RN entry-level competencies: nasogastric tubes, IV initiation

RN post-entry competencies: venipuncture, CVAD care, PICC line care, direct IV medication administration

Computer literate (Microsoft Office, electronic charting systems)

Must read, write, and speak fluent English

Legal right to work in Canada

CTAS (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale) triage competency — strongly preferred

Preferred/Nice-to-Have:

ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification

TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) certification

CACCN (Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses) certification

Experience with CRRT, IABP,



or other advanced critical care modalities

Previous NSHA / Nova Scotia travel nursing experience (highly valued)

Previous travel nursing experience

Key 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

Pre-Deployment Requirements
All candidates must complete before deployment:

Criminal records check AND vulnerable sector check (clean — no exceptions)

Full immunization compliance per NSHA requirements (Influenza, COVID-19, Varicella, Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Tdap, Meningococcal, Tuberculosis testing)

Proof of legal right to work in Canada

Completion of Nova Scotia Health General Orientation course

Signed Pledge of Confidentiality

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📌 Emergency & ICU Specialty Registered Nurse - Nova Scotia, Canada
🏢 Source Code
📍 Nova Scotia