Travel PACU RN - $2,326 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: 09/14/2026
• 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: Sep 14, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

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

Details

• Work in the PACU of a Magnet-designated, teaching hospital that is a Level I Trauma Center
• 38-bay unit open 24/7 with an average daily census of 70-90 patients
• Provide pre and post-procedural care for endoscopy and interventional radiology patients
• Care for adult, occasional adolescent, and geriatric patient populations
• Recover 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
• Day shift schedule, 4x10-hour shifts from 8:00 AM to 6:30 PM, Monday-Friday
• No weekend, holiday, or on-call requirements
• Floating required within PACU or PreOp units only
• Unit has dedicated PCT/transport team support
• Uses Epic EMR

Requirements

• Active MO or compact RN license required
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications required
• CCRN and TNCC certifications preferred
• Minimum 2 years of PACU experience in a Level I Trauma Center required
• ICU/critical care experience required
• Level II Trauma experience also required
• Epic EMR charting experience required
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Critical care skills required, including dysrhythmia recognition/management, blood product administration, phlebotomy, IV starts, IV vasopressor administration, ICP monitoring, and care of ventilated patients
• Experience with pre/post-op care, pre-op assessment and education, and obtaining 12-lead EKG/ECG required
• Home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility
• Pending license accepted for consideration

Additional Information

• Recover a wide variety of acute post-op surgical patients, including those requiring artificial airways, invasive monitoring, transfusions, and vasoactive medications
• Night shift staff will need to learn to work up pre-op patients
• Navy blue scrubs required
• Facility is a short-term acute care hospital with 1,273 staffed beds
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply, provided they meet the 2-year Level I Critical Care/ICU and PACU experience requirement
• No more than 7 days of RTO permitted per 13-week contract, with no RTO allowed during the first week of assignment
• Local candidates within 75 miles of the facility are not accepted
• Facial hair must allow for proper respirator fit testing or must be shaved
• Previous BJC permanent employees must wait 1 year before returning as a traveler
• Returning travelers must have completed an 18-month tenure with a 3-month break in service before returning

American Traveler Job ID #P-738903. Pay package is based on 10 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - PACU

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