Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN ED - Emergency Department for a travel nursing job in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ED - Emergency Department
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/30/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Emergency Room, Ketchikan, Alaska. The position provides emergency nursing care for patients across all age groups in a fast-paced, high-volume, high-risk environment. Responsibilities include managing complex medical, cardiac, psychiatric, and trauma cases while providing comprehensive emergency interventions and care.
Job Details
- Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts, primarily nights, scheduled three shifts per week for 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: Alaska registered nurse license; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications; Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification; demonstrated ability to independently manage cardiac, critical care, complex medical-surgical, psychiatric, and multiple-trauma patients across all age groups; intravenous (IV) skills for all age groups; telemetry experience; computer charting proficiency; ability to work effectively in an intermittently fast-paced, high-volume, high-risk environment.
- Preferred Qualifications: Emergency department experience; Neonatal Emergency Pediatric Course (ENPC) certification; arterial blood gas experience; pediatric experience; experience with electronic health record charting; travel nursing experience.
- Additional Information: Patient ratios are approximately 1:4 across day, night, and weekend shifts. The department cares for neonates, infants, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients and includes trauma, psychiatric, critical care, respiratory, cardiac, and complex medical presentations. Weekend coverage includes approximately two shifts per month. No on-call requirement is listed.
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
Cross Country Job ID #1343519. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse / Emergency Room
About Cross Country Nurses
You care for others — we’re here to care for you. At Cross Country, we know travel nursing is about more than just the job. It’s about building a career that supports your lifestyle, your values, and your impact. We offer competitive pay, full benefits, and 24/7 support from a team that truly understands what it means to be on the front lines. Wherever your journey takes you, we’re with you every step of the way. Let’s build your best life — one assignment at a time.
Benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Referral bonus