Travel RN - PACU

Travel RN - PACU

American Traveler

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Position ID: P-766421

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Days

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

$2,644.30/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring a PACU RN for a 13-week acute care assignment requiring CA RN licensure and at least 1 year of PACU experience.

Details

• Acute care hospital setting within the PACU unit
• Covers Pre/Post and PACU areas with staggered start times between 0600 and 0830
• Day shift schedule, 5x8 hours, with a typical shift of 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
• Nurses must remain flexible and stay until the day's cases are completed, as outpatient surgery has no shift relief
• May be required to float between sister facilities
• No guaranteed shift relief for outpatient surgery days

Requirements

• Active CA RN license required; pending license accepted
• Minimum 1 year of PACU experience required
• BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications required
• Epic charting system experience required
• Skills required include respiratory and end-tidal CO2 monitoring, airway assessment, IV therapy/phlebotomy, and starting/maintaining IVs
• Experience with accessing/managing ports, blood product administration, central line care, and PICC line care preferred
• Two supervisory references covering 1 year of employment within the last 3 years required
• Full SSN and DOB required for consideration

Additional Information

• Provide perianesthesia nursing care across Pre/Post and PACU phases for a variety of surgical cases including ENT, ortho, gyn, plastics, urology, vascular, and ophthalmology procedures
• Support patients under various anesthesia types including general, local, MAC, conscious sedation, and nerve blocks
• Perform pre/post-operative care duties such as discharge instructions, medication reconciliation, pre-op assessments and education, and EKG/ECG acquisition
• Manage cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia recognition, and pain assessment protocols
• Follow isolation precautions/PPE and malignant hyperthermia protocols as needed
• Scrub color is scrubs or business casual
• Must commit to working 3 of 5 major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day)
• RTO limited to no more than 7 days and must be requested upfront during submission
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Candidates must live outside a 50-mile radius of the facility to qualify for travel pay rate, though local candidates are accepted at a lower bill rate
• Former permanent staff may return as travelers after a 3-month waiting period, provided they are not within 50 miles of the facility
• Can only be submitted to one Providence facility at a time

Hours per week: 40

Hours per shift: 8