Travel PACU RN - $2,366 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN PACU - Post Anesthesia Care for a travel nursing job in St. Louis, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/26/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 10 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 4x10hrs
• Hours: 40 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Oct 26, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a PACU RN for a Level I Trauma Center requiring 2 years of PACU and critical care/ICU experience, with no weekends, holidays, or call.

Details

• Work in a 38-bay Phase I PACU unit within a Level I Trauma Center, open 24/7
• Average daily census of 70-90 patients
• Day shift schedule (4x10 hours, 12:00-22:30)
• Recover adult, occasional adolescent, and geriatric surgical patients
• Surgical cases include neurosurgery, ENT, plastics, orthopedics, thoracic, vascular, trauma, general, colorectal, GYN, urological, electrophysiology, interventional radiology, and transplant
• Does not recover open heart surgeries or liver transplants
• Unit has dedicated PCT/transport team support
• No holidays, no call, and no weekends required
• Floating limited to PACU or PreOp units within service line
• EPIC charting system used

Requirements

• Active MO or compact RN license required (must match permanent residence for compact)
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications required
• CCRN and TNCC certifications preferred
• Minimum 2 years of PACU experience in a Level I Trauma Center required
• Minimum 2 years of ICU/critical care experience required
• Level I and Level II trauma center experience required
• EPIC charting experience required
• Critical care skills required including dysrhythmia recognition/management, blood product administration, phlebotomy, IV starts, IV vasopressors, ICP monitoring, and care of ventilated patients
• Additional skills required: ICP monitoring, cardiac monitoring, 12-lead EKG/ECG, pre/post-op assessment and education
• Previous charge experience preferred
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• First-time travelers accepted if they meet the 2-year Level I critical care/ICU and PACU experience requirement

Additional Information

• Recover a wide array of acute post-op patients requiring artificial airways, invasive monitoring, transfusions, and vasoactive medications
• Located in a Magnet-designated, Level I Trauma Center teaching hospital
• Night shift staff will be expected to learn preoperative patient workup
• Navy blue scrubs required
• Must reside at least 75 miles from the facility to be eligible for consideration
• No more than 7 days of RTO allowed per 13-week contract, with no RTO permitted during the first week of the assignment
• Permanent employees must wait 1 year before returning to any BJC facility as a traveler
• Standard travelers may stay up to 18 months, followed by a required 3-month break in service
• Facial hair must allow for proper fit testing or must be shaved

American Traveler Job ID #P-746390. Pay package is based on 10 hour shifts and 40.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - PACU

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