Travel Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Crescent City, CA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 22, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,141 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25 an hour plus $1,240.92 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Emergency Room. This position provides comprehensive emergency nursing care for patients across the lifespan, including assessment, care planning, treatment, education, documentation, and evaluation of outcomes. The role collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to support safe, effective, and patient-centered care.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Valid California Registered Nurse license; graduate of an accredited school of nursing; minimum of 5 years of emergency nursing experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications; required travel nursing experience; required experience with Electronic Health Record (EHR) charting.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience and Level I trauma experience.
• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, minimum of 36 hours per week; weekend coverage is required every other weekend, with three weekend shifts per contract.
• Additional Information: Responsibilities include assessing patients and families; developing, implementing, and updating individualized care plans; administering treatments and medications; managing emergency conditions and complex interventions; monitoring patient responses; providing patient and family education; maintaining patient safety and privacy; documenting care in the Electronic Health Record (EHR); participating in quality improvement and safety initiatives; and collaborating with interdisciplinary support services. The assignment serves neonates, infants, adolescents, adults, pediatric, and geriatric patients in a high-volume emergency setting with a typical patient ratio of four patients to one nurse. Call coverage is required.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits