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

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting 7 Dec 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,121 a week in all, a taxable rate of $23.73 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Post Anesthesia Care Unit - This travel assignment supports Phase I recovery care in a short-term acute care setting. The role includes a 12-hour day schedule, on-call coverage, and care for patients requiring close monitoring following anesthesia and surgical procedures.

Job Details

• Schedule: 12-hour day shifts, 36 hours per week, with on-call coverage one day per week and one weekend approximately every six weeks.
• Required Qualifications:
• At least 1 year of relevant experience
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license; compact license must be in hand at submission
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications
• Charting system experience
• Experience with Phase I post-anesthesia recovery, arterial line management, dysrhythmia recognition and management, blood product administration, central line care, intravenous vasopressors, narcotic and opioid analgesics, reversal agents, external ventricular drain (EVD) and intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring, ventilated patient care, conscious sedation, post-epidural management, pain assessment and management, patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump management, and Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) monitoring
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience caring for patients undergoing general, local, monitored anesthesia care, nerve block, and spinal procedures
• Experience with malignant hyperthermia protocols and bariatric, ear, nose, and throat, general, gynecologic, neurologic, ophthalmologic, orthopedic, and vascular procedures
• Additional Information:
• Patient ratios are typically 1:1.
• Weekend coverage is required approximately once every six weeks.
• Holiday coverage includes commitment to working three of five designated holidays.
• Required scheduling requests must be submitted in advance.
• Orientation and required learning modules are completed before the assignment begins and during orientation.

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