
ER | Registered Nurse
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Oct 7, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $53.06
- Weekly
- $1,910
- Yearly (full-time)
- $99,320
- Start date
- October 26, 2026
This job pays about $53.06/hour — 21% below the median for Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in California ($67.44/hour). The total includes tax-free housing and meal stipends, which staff jobs don't pay, so take-home pay is usually higher than the hourly figure suggests.
Estimated from the weekly pay in the listing, 36 hours a week; yearly = 52 weeks. Median wage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in California right now
- 1,956 open Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in California from 7 agencies, 182 of them in Los Angeles.
- Pay in these listings: $17.79 – $152/hour, median $65.25/hour.
- Typical Registered Nurse (RN) pay in California: $67.44/hour ($140,275/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: AHS Staffing ($73.05/hour across 356 jobs).
Job description
Emergency Room Registered Nurse (ER RN) – Travel Nursing Contract in Los Angeles, CA
Apply for a 13-week Emergency Room RN travel nursing job in Los Angeles, California, caring for adult and pediatric patients in a Level I Trauma Center. Join a high-acuity emergency care team in the vibrant Westwood area and gain valuable experience in a nationally recognized healthcare community.
Travel Nursing Job Details
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,860–$1,960
- Location: Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Healthcare Setting: Level I Trauma Center and comprehensive emergency department
- Assignment: 13-week travel nursing contract
- Start Date: October 26, 2026
- Schedule: Three 12-hour shifts per week; shift times are based on department scheduling needs
- Weekend Requirement: Four weekend shifts per four-week schedule block
- Patient Ratio: Approximately 1:4
- Call: Not required
- Floating: Not required
- Orientation: Approximately 30 hours
Emergency Room Registered Nurse Requirements
- At least 2 years of recent Emergency Room or Emergency Department nursing experience
- Valid California Registered Nurse license; EMSA licenses are not accepted
- BSN required
- Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications
- Epic EMR experience
- Prior travel nursing experience required; first-time travelers are not being considered
- Comfort caring for pediatric and adult patients
- Experience in trauma, adult and pediatric emergency care, and teaching hospital environments strongly preferred
- TNCC and NIHSS certifications preferred
- Ability to provide requested time-off information with the initial application
Emergency Nursing Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive emergency nursing care to neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients
- Perform rapid assessment, triage, stabilization, treatment, and ongoing reassessment of patients with emergent and complex conditions
- Care for patients experiencing trauma, stroke, cardiac emergencies, sepsis, respiratory distress, burns, behavioral health concerns, overdoses, withdrawal, and multisystem organ dysfunction
- Interpret dysrhythmias and arterial blood gases while managing cardiac monitoring and emergency interventions
- Administer and monitor continuous IV sedation, IV vasopressors, and other emergency therapies
- Provide central line care, ventilator management, and BiPAP/CPAP support as appropriate
- Maintain isolation precautions and deliver safe, evidence-based care in a fast-paced emergency department
- Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, and other interdisciplinary partners
- Accurately document patient care and clinical outcomes in Epic
Apply now for this Emergency Room Registered Nurse travel contract in Los Angeles, California, and join a leading emergency care team.
Benefits
401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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