Travel Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Jefferson City, TN
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- NRP
- RN license
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How this pay compares
This assignment posts $1,789 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 $2,155 a week, the middle half $1,980 to $2,325, across 1,676 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.
Tax-free stipend limit here
GSA's per diem rate for Jefferson City, TN (the standard rate) is $113 a night for lodging in November 2026 and $68 a day for meals and incidentals: $1,267 a week. Agencies set tax-free housing and meal stipends against it, for a traveler who keeps a tax home elsewhere; the posting's own figure says what this assignment pays. Stipend limits in Tennessee.
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About the job
Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting November 16, 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,789 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,068.54 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Emergency Room. This position provides emergency nursing care involving triage, critical-care assessment and management, cardiac monitoring, intravenous and intraosseous access, and comprehensive patient assessment. The role supports a 12-hour day schedule in a high-acuity emergency setting.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shift, 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse licensure; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certifications; Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification, which may be obtained after contract start; at least one year of Emergency Department experience; critical-care assessment and management skills; intravenous and cardiac-monitoring competency; triage, critical-thinking, and nursing skills including intravenous and intraosseous access, chest-tube management, catheterization, and management of critical-care drips.
- Additional Information: The assignment includes care for patients in a 16-bed emergency department with a variable 4:1 patient ratio. Responsibilities include patient triage, assessment, critical-care management, cardiac monitoring, intravenous and intraosseous access, chest-tube management, catheterization, and critical-care drip management. No on-call responsibilities are required. Royal blue scrubs are required.
- Assignment Dates: 11/16/2026 through 02/15/2027.
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, checked 5 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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