
ER | Registered Nurse
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Plainview, TX
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Oct 30, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $55.28
- Weekly
- $1,990
- Yearly (full-time)
- $103,480
- Start date
- November 30, 2026
This job pays about $55.28/hour — 20% above the median for Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Texas ($46.14/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 Texas right now
- 2,143 open Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Texas from 6 agencies, 8 of them in Plainview.
- Pay in these listings: $29.76 – $163/hour, median $46.99/hour.
- Typical Registered Nurse (RN) pay in Texas: $46.14/hour ($95,971/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: Health Advocates Network ($54.13/hour across 529 jobs).
Job description
Emergency Department Registered Nurse (RN) Travel Job – Plainview, Texas
Join a 13-week travel nursing assignment in Plainview, TX and make a meaningful impact as an Emergency Department Registered Nurse. This on-site Texas travel nursing opportunity is located in a short-term acute care emergency department and Level IV Trauma Center, where you will provide evidence-based emergency nursing care to patients across the lifespan.
Collaborate with a supportive interdisciplinary team while caring for neonates, pediatric and adolescent patients, adults, and geriatric patients. Plainview offers a welcoming West Texas community with a relaxed pace, wide-open spaces, and convenient access to outdoor recreation and regional amenities.
Travel RN Job Details
- Assignment Type: 13-week Emergency Department RN travel assignment
- Location: Plainview, Texas
- Start Date: November 30, 2026
- End Date: March 1, 2027
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,940–$2,040
- Schedule: 4 shifts per week
- Shift Duration: 12-hour day/evening shifts, 12:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m.
- Weekend Requirement: Weekends as needed; approximately six weekend shifts during the assignment
- Emergency Department: 8 beds with an average daily census of approximately 40 patients
- Patient Ratios: Approximately 1:4
- Orientation: 40 hours
- Clinical Setting: Short-term acute care emergency department and Level IV Trauma Center
Emergency Department RN Job Requirements
- Active Registered Nurse license eligible for practice in Texas; compact license must be in hand when applicable
- At least 2 years of recent emergency department RN experience
- Previous charge nurse experience required
- Current ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, PALS, and TNCC certifications
- Experience caring for a diverse emergency department population, including pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric, infant, and neonatal patients
- Epic charting experience preferred
- Ability to provide approximately two professional references covering the required recent work history
Emergency Nursing Responsibilities
- Perform rapid assessment, triage, prioritization, and evidence-based emergency nursing care
- Manage patient assignments while maintaining approximately a 1:4 patient ratio
- Care for patients experiencing medical, behavioral health, neurologic, traumatic, respiratory, cardiac, and other emergency conditions
- Assist with and manage emergency interventions, including intubation support, ventilated patient care, central line and chest tube management, blood product administration, procedural sedation monitoring, IV therapy, and emergency medications
- Recognize and respond to patient deterioration, dysrhythmias, shock, multisystem organ dysfunction, and other high-acuity conditions
- Function in a charge capacity as needed, including supporting department operations and coordinating patient flow
- Work in triage or assume a direct patient assignment based on department needs
- Collaborate with respiratory therapy, radiology, pharmacy, laboratory, social services, physical therapy, interpretation services, and rapid response teams
- Document assessments, interventions, reassessments, and patient outcomes accurately in Epic
- Maintain safe practice standards, infection prevention measures, and effective communication with patients, families, and the care team
Apply now to join the healthcare team as an Emergency Department Registered Nurse in Plainview, Texas, and take the next step in your travel nursing career.
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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