Seasonal Registered Nurse - PACU PRN

Arlington, Texas

This one is per diem, so you pick up the shifts you want. Medical City Arlington is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.

Posted Jul 16

Unit and setting: PACU · Hospital
License: RN license
Term: 32 weeks · Per Diem

What it pays

Against similar roles: Pays above most Texas PRN rolesTexas PRN postings that state pay run $30/hr to $63/hr, the middle half $37/hr to $51/hr, across 261 postings.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Prescription drug coverage
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Behavioral health services
Telemedicine services

More benefits (21)

Free counseling and referral services
Paid time off
Paid family leave
Long-term disability coverage
Short-term disability coverage
401(k) Plan with 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Flexible spending accounts
Tuition assistance
Student loan assistance
Certification support
Dependent scholarships
Partnership with Galen College of Nursing
Fertility and family building benefits
Adoption assistance
Life insurance
Supplemental health protection plans
Auto and home insurance
Legal counseling
Identity theft protection
Consumer discounts

The role and schedule

Weekends: Weekends required
On call: On-call rotation

The workplace

Medical City Arlington

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Medical City Arlington is a full-service hospital located in Arlington, TX, and part of Medical City Healthcare, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare providers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. It has been recognized as a Top Performer on…

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Seasonal Registered Nurse - PACU PRN at Medical City Arlington. Shift: PRN. Pay: $60/per hour. As a PACU Registered Nurse, you will play a critical role in the immediate post-operative care of surgical patients. Responsibilities include managing airway support, monitoring neurological and cardiac status, responding to complications, providing initial wound care, and collaborating with the surgical and anesthesia team. Role includes on-call availability during select non-business hours. Seasonal program requires minimum 72 hours per pay period, four weekend shifts per 4-week schedule, and two holiday shifts during the 32-week period.

What's around it?

In Arlington, TX

Arlington, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% above the US average

Median rent: $1,470/mo
Household income: $75,171/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Arlington, TX

NeighborhoodsNorth Arlington is the apartment-and-newer-house side along I-30, with complexes stacked near the freeways, newer subdivisions behind them, and River Legacy Park on the Trinity River; it has one of the city’s largest rental markets but the worst game-day traffic. West Arlington is quieter house country on Lake Arlington, with custom-built neighborhoods, oversized yards, and the widest for-sale inventory. Central Arlington mixes downtown streets, the University of Texas at Arlington campus, and older starter houses; East Arlington is the older affordable grid with a shorter hop toward Dallas. Southeast is whole-house rentals with gyms and pools; Southwest is large newer houses with garages and backyard pools. Viridian comes up for apartments; nearby 30-minute options named by locals include Las Colinas and southern Grand Prairie near I-20.

North Arlington is the apartment-and-newer-house side along I-30, with complexes stacked near the freeways, newer subdivisions behind them, and River Legacy Park on the Trinity River; it has one of the city’s largest rental markets but the worst game-day traffic. West Arlington is quieter house country on Lake Arlington, with custom-built neighborhoods, oversized yards, and the widest for-sale inventory.

Central Arlington mixes downtown streets, the University of Texas at Arlington campus, and older starter houses; East Arlington is the older affordable grid with a shorter hop toward Dallas. Southeast is whole-house rentals with gyms and pools; Southwest is large newer houses with garages and backyard pools.

Viridian comes up for apartments; nearby 30-minute options named by locals include Las Colinas and southern Grand Prairie near I-20.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: apartmentguide.com Source 5: reddit.com

Getting aroundArlington has no citywide bus network, so a car is required; I-30 runs the north edge, I-20 the south, and SH-360 the east side. Average commute time is about 23.76 minutes, and residents say it is easy to hop I-30 toward Fort Worth or reach Dallas, Fort Worth, and DFW International Airport. The catch is entertainment-district congestion: on Cowboys Sundays and summer theme-park weekends, I-30 and nearby streets clog for hours. Sources do not name hospital campuses, parking rules, or transit lines to medical centers—only this car-first highway pattern and limited public transportation versus larger cities.

Arlington has no citywide bus network, so a car is required; I-30 runs the north edge, I-20 the south, and SH-360 the east side. Average commute time is about 23.76 minutes, and residents say it is easy to hop I-30 toward Fort Worth or reach Dallas, Fort Worth, and DFW International Airport.

The catch is entertainment-district congestion: on Cowboys Sundays and summer theme-park weekends, I-30 and nearby streets clog for hours. Sources do not name hospital campuses, parking rules, or transit lines to medical centers—only this car-first highway pattern and limited public transportation versus larger cities.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: apartmentguide.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: resident.com

OutdoorsRiver Legacy Park on the Trinity River’s north bend has miles of paved walk-and-bike trails through bottomland forest, plus rougher mountain-bike tracks deeper in the woods, and is used for picnics. Bowman Springs Park on Lake Arlington is named for a lakeside picnic and walk. The city has more than 90 parks, plus hiking and biking and golf courses; Hurricane Harbor Arlington is the summer water-park outlet with slides, a lazy river, and wave pools. West-side living leans toward Lake Arlington itself.

River Legacy Park on the Trinity River’s north bend has miles of paved walk-and-bike trails through bottomland forest, plus rougher mountain-bike tracks deeper in the woods, and is used for picnics. Bowman Springs Park on Lake Arlington is named for a lakeside picnic and walk.

The city has more than 90 parks, plus hiking and biking and golf courses; Hurricane Harbor Arlington is the summer water-park outlet with slides, a lazy river, and wave pools. West-side living leans toward Lake Arlington itself.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: lemon8-app.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: apartmentguide.com Source 5: arlington.org

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Living in Arlington

Arlington sits in the middle of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex—a flat, car-first city of about 403,000 between two downtowns, grown around AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Field, Six Flags, and Hurricane Harbor. Healthcare ranks among major industries here. You can live inside the same city limits as the Cowboys and Rangers, then walk River Legacy Park’s Trinity River trails or catch a free Levitt Pavilion concert. Game days and summer weekends clog I-30 for hours, and there is no citywide bus network—you drive I-30, I-20, or SH-360. Typical commute is about 24 minutes, with easy hops to Fort Worth, Dallas, and DFW Airport. Housing undercuts the national median: homes about $312,000–$340,000, rents roughly $1,167–$1,327. North Arlington mixes apartments, newer houses, and the park; West Arlington is lakeside custom homes with oversized yards; Central and East are older, cheaper streets near UT Arlington. Eat at Urban Union, Prince Lebanese Grill, Damian’s Cajun Soul Café, or Sprouts Springroll & Phở. Summers hit the upper 90s with humidity; air conditioning is not optional.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: apartmentguide.com Source 4: lemon8-app.com Source 5: matadornetwork.com Source 6: loewshotels.com Source 7: reddit.com Source 8: resident.com

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Arlington, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.