Registered Nurse-RN PACU - PACU

Fort Worth, Texas

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You'll work PACU as a registered nurse on 3x12 day shifts in Fort Worth, TX. This role comes through TGN - A.T. Staffing, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.

Eligibility: General

Posted Jun 19

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour shifts · day shifts 3x12 Days shift.3 shifts · 36 hours a week
Unit and setting: PACU Registered Nurse-RN PACU - PACU
License: RN license You must have current State Licensure and at least 1 year of recent acute care experience.current state RN license
Term: Travel

Do you qualify?

License: current state RN license You must have current State Licensure and at least 1 year of recent acute care experience.
Certification: current BLS and/or ACLS and/or specialty certification Current BLS and/or ACLS and/or Specialty Certifications
Experience: at least 1 year of recent acute care experience
Also asks: current resume Current Resume
Also asks: 2 current clinical references 2 Current Clinical References
Also asks: physical within 12 months Physical (Within 12 Months)
Also asks: TB skin test within 12 months TB Skin Test (Within 12 Months)
Also asks: MMR, Hep B and varicella titers Titers - MMR/Hep B/Varicella
Also asks: respiratory fit test within 12 months Respiratory Fit Test (Within 12 Months)
Also asks: current Tdap and flu vaccinations Current - Tdap/Flu Vaccinations
Also asks: pass pre-employment, background and urine drug screen Must be able to pass pre-employment, background and urine drug screening

What it pays

Against similar roles: In range for Texas travel rolesTexas travel postings that state pay run $1,520/week to $2,470/week, the middle half $1,750/week to $2,230/week, across 415 postings.
Bonus: Extra bonus for extending your contract Extending Contract Bonus
Bonus: Extra cash for referring a friend Refer a friend and earn extra cash!Refer a friend

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Job Reference #: 62059993 Our Client is currently seeking a Registered Nurse-RN PACU for a position in Fort Worth, TX. 3x12 Days shift. You must have current State Licensure and at least 1 year of recent acute care experience. Requirements Current Resume State Licensure Current BLS and/or ACLS and/or Specialty Certifications 2 Current Clinical References Physical (Within 12 Months) TB Skin Test (Within 12 Months) Titers - MMR/Hep B/Varicella Respiratory Fit Test (Within 12 Months) Current - Tdap/Flu Vaccinations Must be able to pass pre-employment, background and urine drug screening

Compensation and Benefits

Estimated Total Gross Weekly Pay: $1778.40 Estimated Taxable Gross Weekly Pay: $648.00 Estimated Non-Taxable Gross Weekly Pay: $1130.40 Health Benefit Package Travel pay - 1st pay check Extending Contract Bonus Refer a friend and earn extra cash! A. T. Staffing, we take care of you - work with us, not for us! Pay: $1,778.40

What's around it?

In Fort Worth, TX

Fort Worth, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% above the US average

Median rent: $1,509/mo
Household income: $79,507/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Fort Worth, TX

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals most often land central: Arlington Heights, Downtown lofts/condos, Fairmount’s Craftsman and Victorian streets off Magnolia Avenue, and TCU-Westcliff/Mistletoe Heights. Reddit locals advise staying central as far south as the TCU area, plus west-central/River Oaks and Camp Bowie. Renter lists also flag West 7th, the Cultural District, Clearfork, and Wedgwood; families and luxury buyers look at Tanglewood, Westcliff, and Rivercrest estates by the Trinity and River Crest Country Club.

Nurses and young professionals most often land central: Arlington Heights, Downtown lofts/condos, Fairmount’s Craftsman and Victorian streets off Magnolia Avenue, and TCU-Westcliff/Mistletoe Heights. Reddit locals advise staying central as far south as the TCU area, plus west-central/River Oaks and Camp Bowie.

Renter lists also flag West 7th, the Cultural District, Clearfork, and Wedgwood; families and luxury buyers look at Tanglewood, Westcliff, and Rivercrest estates by the Trinity and River Crest Country Club.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: viprealtyinfo.com Source 4: apartments.com

Getting aroundCitywide average commute is about 27 minutes, but locals and city guides repeatedly flag heavy traffic and sprawl as the daily tax of growth. Downtown is the transit hub: Trinity Metro buses, Fort Worth Central Station, and the Trinity Railway Express into Dallas; Apartments.com scores downtown walkability 80, transit 50, drivability 70, bikeability 70, with competitive street parking on evenings and weekends. Sources do not map drives to specific hospitals, so hospital-shift timing is not documented here—plan around car dependence outside the core and TRE/bus only if you live and work along those spines.

Citywide average commute is about 27 minutes, but locals and city guides repeatedly flag heavy traffic and sprawl as the daily tax of growth. Downtown is the transit hub: Trinity Metro buses, Fort Worth Central Station, and the Trinity Railway Express into Dallas; Apartments.com scores downtown walkability 80, transit 50, drivability 70, bikeability 70, with competitive street parking on evenings and weekends.

Sources do not map drives to specific hospitals, so hospital-shift timing is not documented here—plan around car dependence outside the core and TRE/bus only if you live and work along those spines.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: apartments.com Source 3: youtube.com

OutdoorsThe Trinity River system is the city’s outdoor backbone: Trinity Trails and Trinity Park, with Tanglewood and Overton Park as nearby green add-ons. Fort Worth Botanic Garden (called free and proposal-worthy by locals) and the Fort Worth Zoo (residents often rank it above Dallas and among the state’s best) are the big named attractions; Water Gardens downtown are a day-and-night stop. Westcliff has Foster Park and Bluebonnet Circle. For non-museum, non-bar days, locals also send people indoor climbing at Summit. Stockyards cattle runs are twice daily and function as both spectacle and outdoor street life.

The Trinity River system is the city’s outdoor backbone: Trinity Trails and Trinity Park, with Tanglewood and Overton Park as nearby green add-ons. Fort Worth Botanic Garden (called free and proposal-worthy by locals) and the Fort Worth Zoo (residents often rank it above Dallas and among the state’s best) are the big named attractions; Water Gardens downtown are a day-and-night stop.

Westcliff has Foster Park and Bluebonnet Circle. For non-museum, non-bar days, locals also send people indoor climbing at Summit.

Stockyards cattle runs are twice daily and function as both spectacle and outdoor street life.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: viprealtyinfo.com Source 2: fortworth.com Source 3: quora.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: apartments.com

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Living in Fort Worth

Fort Worth is still Cowtown in a way Dallas is not: twice-daily cattle runs in the Stockyards, two-stepping at Billy Bob’s Texas, and a Cultural District that actually delivers—the Kimbell and Tadao Ando’s Modern—plus Sundance Square’s free plaza music, Bass Performance Hall, and the Water Gardens. Nurses who want a short, walkable life look at downtown lofts (Trinity Metro and the TRE to Dallas), Arlington Heights and Camp Bowie near museums and Trinity Park, Fairmount off Magnolia Avenue, or TCU-Westcliff. The tradeoffs are not subtle: summer highs over 95°F, a 27-minute average commute that locals say is worsening with sprawl, crime about 49% above the national average and wildly uneven by neighborhood, tornado risk, and public schools that swing from Tanglewood/Westcliff praise to citywide “uneven,” which is why families often shop Aledo, Haslet, Midlothian, or Weatherford. If you want cowboy identity, real museums, and a live-where-you-work core, this is the distinct DFW bet—if you need mild summers or uniform school quality, it is not.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: fortworth.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: viprealtyinfo.com Source 5: apartments.com Source 6: getbellhops.com Source 7: youtube.com

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Fort Worth, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.