Travel Registered Nurse - Post Anesthesia Care Unit - Clackamas, OR

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 10hr days, 40 hours a week, starting 22 Nov 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $3,225 a week in all, a taxable rate of $42.66 an hour plus $1,519 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). This position supports a Medical Procedural Unit providing preoperative and recovery care for adult and pediatric patients undergoing a variety of procedures. Responsibilities include moderate sedation, phased recovery, and on-call coverage approximately twice per month.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shift, 10 hours per shift, with a minimum of 40 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications:
• At least 1 year of recent full-time equivalent experience within the last 3 years.
• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Registered Nurse license in the state where care is provided.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or a related field.
• Procedural sedation competency.
• At least 2 years of adult critical care experience, preferably in a Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) environment.
• At least 2 years of pediatric clinical care experience, preferably in an emergency, intensive care, or Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) environment.
• At least 2 years of outpatient procedural sedation experience.
• At least 2 years of experience with pain management injection procedures.
• Additional Information:
• Provides care for colonoscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, bronchoscopy, transesophageal echocardiography, endobronchial ultrasound, and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion procedures.
• Daily moderate sedation experience is required.
• Provides Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 recovery care.
• Supports preoperative and recovery areas.
• On-call coverage is required approximately twice per month, typically one weekday and one weekend day.
• Assignment dates are 11/22/2026 through 02/20/2027.

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