Travel RN - Emergency Dept
Anchorage, Alaska
Staffing partner
ER · Trauma · Peds
Posted Aug 9 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- ER
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Weekends
- Every weekend
- Nurse to patient
- 1:4–1:6
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Aug 25, 2026 · Travel
- On the floor
- Floating required
- Practice
- Epic charting
reported
More role details
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
Pay
- Travel package
- Housing provided
About this role
American Traveler is seeking an experienced ER RN for a night shift travel assignment requiring prior Emergency Department experience and an active AK RN license. Works in a 20-bed (headwall) plus 4-hall Emergency Department. Night shift 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM, 13-week assignment, 36 hrs/wk. Rotating weekend coverage required. Floating may be required based on facility needs. Performs typical ED RN duties along with splinting and administering breathing treatments. Candidates must live outside a 50-mile radius of the facility. First-time travelers welcome to apply.
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“ed Floating may be required based on facility needs Requirements Active AK RN license required at time of consideration Minimum 2 years of RN experience required Prior Emergency Department experience required Stroke and…” · from this posting
Requirements
- AK RN license
- Active AK RN license required at time of consideration
- Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
- Prior Emergency Department experience required
- Stroke and STEMI experience preferred
- Trauma and pediatric experience preferred
- Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, PALS, TNCC, NIHSS, ENPC
- Experience with EPIC EMR
- Night shift
Benefits
- Top Compensation Packages
- Free private housing or generous housing subsidy
- Tax Advantage Plan
- Comprehensive medical, dental and life insurance coverage
- Weekly Payroll
- Referral Bonuses
- Licensure Reimbursement
- Travel Allowances
Place
- City
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Median rent
- $1,489/mo
- Local household income
- $103,284/yr
- Metro price level
- 5% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Anchorage area index 105.4, where 100 is the national average.
Anchorage sits between the Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet, offering urban conveniences alongside ready access to Alaska's wilderness. Outdoor recreation, frequent wildlife sightings, and long summer days define daily life for nurses who relocate here.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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American Traveler is a travel nursing staffing agency that places experienced registered nurses in temporary 13-week contract assignments at hospitals across multiple states. Assignments are located in diverse geographic settings, from Rapid City, SD, to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Atlanta,…
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