Travel Nurse RN - PACU - Post Anesthesia Care - $2,347 per week

Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN PACU - Post Anesthesia Care for a travel nursing job in Abilene, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 12/07/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 10 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Shift: Days – 4x10s (7:30 AM – 6:00 PM)
 

Job Overview

• Outpatient Surgery Center – PACU
• No call, weekends, or holidays.
• 2–3 consecutive weekdays of RTO maximum.
• Pediatric experience strongly preferred.
• Travel experience preferred.
• Altera charting experience preferred, but not required.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of PACU experience.
• Active RN license must be in hand at submission.
• ACLS and BLS required.
• Charting experience required (any EMR).
• Certification verification required.
• Resume required.

Required Clinical Skills

• Ambulatory/Outpatient PACU
• Phase I PACU
• Pre-op/Post-op
• Dysrhythmia recognition and management
• Conscious sedation and MAC
• General and local anesthesia
• Nerve blocks
• Pain assessment and management
• Narcotics/opioid medications and reversal agents
• Airway assessment and oral/nasal airway placement
• Malignant hyperthermia protocol
• RASS assessment
• Emergency medication management

Preferred Clinical Experience

• Pediatric patient management
• ENT and tonsillectomy
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Plastics
• Cholecystectomy
• Abdominoplasty
• Breast augmentation
• Podiatry

About Care Career

Benefits

• Referral bonus
• Weekly pay
• Medical benefits
• Continuing Education
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits