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Travel Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Houston, TX

Cross Country Healthcare logoCross Country Healthcare$1,680–$2,246/wkContractPosted 3d agoStill open, checked every night

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How this pay compares

This assignment posts $1,963 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel emergency room nurse assignments post a median of $2,159 a week, the middle half $1,980 to $2,320, across 1,655 assignments, so this one is below the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.

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  • Nurse staffing committee or plan: Texas hospitals must keep a nurse staffing committee, at least 60 percent direct care nurses, that recommends the nurse staffing plan. Tex. Health & Safety Code § 257.004(a) (source: Tex. Health & Safety Code § 257.004(a))
  • Limits on mandatory overtime: Hospitals may not require nurses to work mandatory overtime or use on-call time as a substitute, with exceptions for disasters, declared emergencies, unforeseen events and procedures in progress (covers registered and vocational nurses in hospitals). Tex. Health & Safety Code § 258.003 (source: Tex. Health & Safety Code § 258.003)

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About the job

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting 9 Nov 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,246 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20.96 an hour plus $1,491 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Emergency Room - West. This role supports emergency care in a 28-bed department with a patient ratio of 1:4. Responsibilities include patient care, emergency response, intubation, and central line procedures while collaborating as part of a flexible, team-oriented clinical staff.

Job Details

  • Schedule: Day shifts, 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; rotating weekends are required. The assignment is scheduled from 11/09/2026 through 02/08/2027.
  • Required Qualifications:
  • Patient care experience
  • Emergency response experience
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) certification
  • Preferred Qualifications: Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification.
  • Additional Information:
  • Emergency department setting with 28 beds and a 1:4 patient ratio
  • Clinical responsibilities may include intubation and central line procedures
  • Equipment may include ventilators and intravenous pumps
  • Royal blue scrubs are required
  • A flexible, team-oriented approach is preferred

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

From Cross Country Healthcare's job posting for Houston, TX, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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About Cross Country Healthcare

National healthcare staffing company in Boca Raton, Florida, placing travel nurses, allied professionals and therapists, with local contract and per diem work too. Source: Cross Country, Travel FAQs

Based in Boca Raton, FLHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

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