Travel Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Kirksville, MO

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

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,189 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25.61 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Emergency Room. This 13-week night assignment supports emergency care for patients of all ages, from neonates through older adults, including trauma, stroke, cardiac, and sepsis presentations. The role requires rapid triage and assessment, comprehensive emergency nursing skills, and effective teamwork in a high-volume emergency department.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts, 6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m., including weekends; 12-hour shifts with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Blocked scheduling may be requested.
• Assignment Dates: 11/30/2026–03/01/2027.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of emergency department registered nurse experience and at least 1 year of travel nursing experience; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications; proficiency in triage, peripheral intravenous access, port access and de-access, urinary catheter placement, nasogastric and orogastric tube placement, wound care, and splint or orthopedic cast application.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience as a preceptor or charge nurse; experience with ultrasound-guided intravenous access.
• Additional Information: The role provides care for patients across the emergency severity spectrum, including stroke, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, trauma, and sepsis cases. Responsibilities include managing a 4:1 to 5:1 patient ratio, assisting with arterial line, central line, and chest tube placement, responding to behavioral health placement needs, transporting patients, answering call lights, preparing certain medication infusions, and completing required emergency medical treatment and labor documentation. Willingness to eventually support precepting responsibilities is required. The emergency department is a Level III trauma center and serves approximately 1,100 patients monthly.

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