Travel Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - San Luis Obispo, CA

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

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,364 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25 an hour plus $1,464.48 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Emergency Room specialty position offering night-shift care in a high-acuity acute care setting. The role supports patients with trauma, cardiac emergencies, strokes, pediatric conditions, respiratory illness, abdominal pain, and orthopedic injuries. The position includes stabilization and transfer of trauma patients, management of critically ill patients, and collaboration with physicians and advanced practice providers.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consist of 12-hour shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., with a minimum of 36 hours per week and every-other-weekend scheduling.
• Required Qualifications: At least 2 years of Emergency Room experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) certification; active license required for submission.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous travel experience and trauma experience are highly preferred.
• Additional Information:
• Provides care in a 14-bed emergency department with treatment chairs and a high-acuity patient population.
• Typical nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:4, with lower ratios for intensive care and critically ill patients.
• Approximately 70% of patients have acuity levels of 1, 2, or 3 based on the Emergency Severity Index.
• Common clinical presentations include trauma, cardiac emergencies, strokes, pediatric conditions, influenza, abdominal pain, and orthopedic injuries.
• Nurses may draw laboratory specimens, manage ventilated patients, and administer infusions such as propofol, dexmedetomidine, and diltiazem.
• Night-shift clinicians must have pediatric experience due to limited overnight staffing.
• Orientation includes 3–4 shifts with a preceptor.
• One weekend per month is required, and holiday coverage follows the permanent staff rotation.
• Block scheduling may be accommodated but is not guaranteed.
• Navy scrubs are required.

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