Travel Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - San Diego, CA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr evenings, 36 hours a week, starting November 7, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,974 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25.44 an hour plus $2,058 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Emergency Room. The registered nurse provides safe, individualized, age-appropriate care to patients and families through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The role promotes quality outcomes, coordinates with the healthcare team, supports patient and family education, and advocates for patient-centered care in complex clinical situations.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: California registered nurse license; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) or comparable certification completed through an eight-hour course with at least half of the class conducted in person; at least three years of recent registered nurse experience, including at least two years of recent experience in an emergency specialty area; demonstrated competency in the nursing process, individualized assessment, nursing interventions, patient advocacy, and addressing patient and family educational needs.
• Schedule: Evening shifts consisting of 12-hour variable shifts, with flexibility to work 9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m., 11:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m.–1:00 a.m., or 3:00 p.m.–3:00 a.m.; 36 hours per week.
• Additional Information: Provides direct and indirect nursing care for an assigned group of patients using individualized, age-appropriate, and culturally responsive care plans. Responsibilities include assessing patient and family needs, developing and implementing plans of care, evaluating progress toward goals, documenting care and responses, coordinating with the healthcare team, supporting patient and family education, delegating care within team members’ scope of practice, and serving as a patient and family advocate. Experience in an emergency department with more than 50 beds 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