Travel Registered Nurse - Post Anesthesia Care Unit - Baltimore, MD

Travel assignment, 12 weeks, 12hr rotating, 36 hours a week, starting 7 Dec 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,096 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,376.38 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse (RN), Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). This position provides specialized peri-anesthesia care for patients across the lifespan in a 28-bay unit supporting scheduled and emergency surgical procedures. The role requires strong intensive care unit (ICU) experience, previous charge experience, and competency in airway management, ventilated patient care, vasopressor titration, blood product administration, and fluid resuscitation.

Job Details

• Schedule: Rotating day and night shifts, 3x12-hour shifts from 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.–7:30 a.m., totaling 36 hours per week. The schedule is based on departmental needs. The assignment is scheduled to begin 12/07/2026 for 12 weeks.
• Required Qualifications: Active MD or compact Registered Nurse (RN) license; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS); Basic Life Support (BLS); at least 2 years of experience; previous charge experience; strong intensive care unit (ICU) experience; experience caring for a 1:2 patient ratio; and travel experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS); National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS); prior experience in a Level I trauma setting; and prior charting system experience.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
• Provides specialized peri-anesthesia care to inpatients and outpatients undergoing scheduled or emergency procedures.
• Patient population includes neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
• Agency team members will not be required to recover true pediatric patients but may assist the primary nurse caring for those patients.
• Required clinical competencies include airway assessment and management, ventilated patient care, end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring, arterial line management, blood product administration, fluid resuscitation, vasopressor titration, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, dysrhythmia recognition and management, and procedural sedation monitoring.
• The unit supports preoperative assessment, Phase I recovery, Phase II recovery, postoperative care, and care associated with a broad range of surgical and procedural specialties.
• A patient ratio of 1:2 applies across day, night, and weekend shifts.
• Three weekend shifts are required during each four-week scheduling cycle.
• One to two 12-hour call shifts are required during each four-week scheduling cycle, covering day and night call periods.
• Holidays are required as scheduled.
• Navy blue scrub attire is 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