Travel PACU RN - $2,406 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: 16 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: 16 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a PACU position at a Level I Trauma Center requiring 2+ years of critical care and PACU experience.

Details

• 16-week assignment in a Level I Trauma Center PACU unit
• Unit operates 24/7 with 38 patient bays and an average daily census of 70-90 patients
• Day shift schedule: 4x10-hour shifts, 12:00 PM to 10:30 PM, Monday through Friday
• No weekends, holidays, or on-call requirements
• Patient population includes adults, occasional adolescents, and geriatric patients
• Recovers surgical patients from neurosurgery, ENT, plastics, orthopedics, thoracic, vascular, trauma, general, colorectal, GYN, urological, electrophysiology, interventional radiology, and transplant services
• Does not recover open heart surgery or liver transplant patients
• Unit has dedicated PCT/transport team support
• Floating limited to PACU or PreOp units only
• EPIC charting system used

Requirements

• Active MO or compact RN license required (pending license accepted)
• BLS and ACLS certifications required; CCRN and TNCC preferred
• Minimum 2 years of PACU experience in a Level I Trauma Center required
• Critical care/ICU experience required
• Level I and Level II Trauma experience required
• EPIC charting experience required
• Skills required include dysrhythmia recognition/management, blood product administration, phlebotomy, IV starts, IV vasopressor administration, ICP monitoring, and care of ventilated patients
• Experience with artificial airways, invasive monitoring, transfusions, and vasoactive drug administration required
• Charge experience preferred

Additional Information

• Recover a wide array of acute post-op surgical patients requiring critical care-level monitoring and interventions
• Facility is a Magnet-designated, Level I Trauma teaching hospital
• Navy blue scrubs required
• First-time travelers accepted, provided they have 2 years of Level I Critical Care/ICU and PACU experience
• Candidates must reside at least 75 miles from the facility; no local candidates accepted
• RTO limited to no more than 7 days per contract, with no RTO permitted during the first week of assignment
• Permanent employees must wait 1 year before returning to any BJC facility as a traveler
• Standard travelers may work up to an 18-month period before requiring a 3-month break in service

American Traveler Job ID #P-745878. 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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