Travel PACU Registered Nurse - $2,095 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN PACU - Post Anesthesia Care for a travel nursing job in Springfield, Illinois.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 12/07/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Post Anesthesia Care Unit. This travel position supports Phase I and Phase II recovery for adolescent, adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients in an acute care setting. The role requires critical care experience, advanced life support certifications, and experience with complex surgical, cardiac, respiratory, neurological, and post-anesthesia patient care.

Job Details

• Schedule: Three 12-hour night shifts per week, 36 hours per week. Weekend coverage is not required. On-call availability may be required for up to 30 hours per six weeks.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum one year of critical care experience; active Illinois nursing license in hand; travel experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications; required charting system experience; Cerner experience; experience in ambulatory/outpatient, inpatient, Level I trauma, pain management, Phase I Post Anesthesia Care Unit, and Phase II recovery settings; proficiency in airway assessment, ventilated patient care, chest tube management, arterial line management, central line care, dysrhythmia recognition and management, medication administration, preoperative and postoperative care, wound vacuum management, and cardiac monitoring.
• Additional Information:
  • Average daily census is approximately 50 patients, with a 23-room unit.
  • Patient ratios are approximately one nurse to two patients on days, nights, and weekends.
  • Required case experience includes bariatric, endoscopic/laparoscopic, ear, nose, and throat, general, gynecological, neurological, orthopedic, plastic, podiatric, robotic, urological, and spine procedures.
  • Required clinical skills include gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, lap band, cholecystectomy, colon surgery, Whipple procedure, hysterectomy, mastectomy, renal surgery, transurethral resection of the prostate, tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection, total joint replacement, external ventricular drain management, intracranial pressure monitoring, and stroke assessment.
  • Required anesthesia experience includes conscious sedation, epidural, general, local, Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC), nerve blocks, and spinal anesthesia.
  • Experience with hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia protocols, insulin protocols, malignant hyperthermia protocols, pain assessment and management, patient-controlled analgesia pump management, isolation precautions, and interpretation and communication of laboratory values is required.
  • Orientation includes 36 hours.
  • Flu vaccination is required; medical and religious exemptions are accepted.
  • The first day includes virtual, at-home orientation and completion of assigned training modules.

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 #1336096. 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 / Post Anesthesia Care Unit

About Cross Country Nurses

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus