Travel Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Saint Louis, MO

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting November 30, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,966 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,246.49 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Emergency Room nursing position with a day-shift schedule. The role provides care for patients across the lifespan, including pediatric, adult, and behavioral health populations, in an acute care setting. The assignment requires strong emergency nursing skills, a 1:4 patient ratio, and 2 years of experience.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts lasting 12 hours, totaling 36 hours per week; weekend coverage is required every other weekend, including Saturday and Sunday.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; required certifications include Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS); travel experience required; experience with electronic medical record charting required.
• Preferred Qualifications: Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications preferred.
• Additional Information: Emergency nursing care includes adult and pediatric patients, behavioral health cases, trauma, acute psychosis, respiratory conditions, cardiac emergencies, stroke, seizures, drug overdose, burns, psychiatric holds, and suicidal patients. Responsibilities may include triage, emergency medication administration, blood product administration, ventilated patient care, central and chest tube management, continuous intravenous sedation, procedural sedation monitoring, intravenous vasopressor management, dysrhythmia management, arterial blood gas interpretation, 12-lead electrocardiogram acquisition, phlebotomy, splint application, isolation precautions, and intravenous access management. Respiratory, radiology, pharmacy, social services, interpretation, and unit secretary support are available.

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