Registered Nurse / Emergency Room
Job Description
Job Summary:
Emergency Room (ER) specialty nurse position located in an urban healthcare facility. This role involves providing emergency care to pediatric and adult patients within a fast-paced environment. The position requires flexibility to float across multiple campuses and adherence to clinical protocols and safety standards.
Job Details:
- Schedule: Days shift, 12 hours per shift, minimum of 36 hours per week
- Required Qualifications: Active Iowa nursing license or multistate license, 36 months of current Emergency Department experience, proficient in reading, measuring, interpreting tele strips, and experience with drips including sedations and vasoactive medications. Certifications include BLS (AHA), ACLS (AHA), PALS (AHA), TNCC, and valid drivers license.
- Preferred Qualifications: Level I trauma experience, Level II trauma experience, EPIC electronic medical record experience, recent performance evaluations, and references from within the past 24 months.
- Certifications: TNCC, BLS (AHA), ACLS (AHA), PALS (AHA).
- Experience: At least 36 months of current ED experience, with preference for trauma experience and pediatric care.
- Additional Information: Candidates must be able to work 1-2 of the upcoming three Winter holidays unless the unit is closed. Floating across all campuses is required. Orientation is scheduled for 11/9/2026. No weekend call or on-call required.
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
Speciality
Other
Experience
RN
Position Type
Travel
Des Moines, IA
2026-09-18
Agency Info
Cross Country Nurses
As one of the leading suppliers of travel healthcare professionals and a Best of Staffing® Talent Award winner, Cross Country Nurses offers thousands of opportunities for healthcare professionals across the country. We have relationships with more than 2,500 healthcare facilities nationwide and offer excellent compensation and one of the most comprehensive benefits packages in the industry. Have the freedom to decide where you want to work and take your career where you want it to go when you travel with us.




