Travel Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Colorado Springs, CO

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

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,130 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,409.63 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Emergency Room position providing care in an acute setting that treats more than 75 patients daily, including individuals with abdominal pain, chest pain, fever, cough, dyspnea, headache, injuries, and extremity pain. The role supports trauma, cardiac, and stroke care and includes management of critical-care medications, respiratory equipment, and emergency patient needs.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Self-scheduling and block scheduling are available. Full- and part-time staff are expected to self-schedule a minimum of six weekend shifts per six-week schedule, with holiday requirements and standby needs determined by department needs.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA); Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA); Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification; and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification.
• Additional Information:
• Acute-care emergency setting with 54 beds or trauma bays and a 1:4 nurse-to-patient ratio.
• Trauma Level III setting with comprehensive stroke and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) receiving capabilities.
• Common patient presentations include abdominal pain, chest pain, fever, cough, dyspnea, headache, injuries, and extremity pain.
• Frequently managed medications include cardiac, antihypertensive, antiarrhythmic, sedation, and analgesia infusions.
• Respiratory therapy support is available, with ventilators, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP), and high-flow equipment.
• Nurses may be expected to support triage, emergency department holds, psychiatric or seclusion care, patient transport, and troubleshooting of respiratory equipment.
• Floating may be required within the designated clinical zone when needed.
• Navy blue scrub attire is required.
• Clinicians are expected to be in the state during the week of orientation, including when initial modules are completed remotely.

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