
ER | Registered Nurse
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Wichita Falls, TX
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $55.00
- Weekly
- $1,980
- Yearly (full-time)
- $102,960
- Contract length
- 13 weeks
- Start date
- November 16, 2026
This job pays about $55.00/hour — 19% 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
- 2,078 open Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Texas from 6 agencies, 85 of them in Wichita Falls.
- Pay in these listings: $18.02 – $163/hour, median $47.87/hour.
- Typical Registered Nurse (RN) pay in Texas: $46.14/hour ($95,971/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: Health Advocates Network ($54.90/hour across 526 jobs).
Job description
Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Emergency Department / Clinical Decision Unit | Wichita Falls, Texas
Join a high-volume Emergency Department and Clinical Decision Unit as a Travel Registered Nurse (RN) in Wichita Falls, Texas. This Texas travel nursing opportunity is ideal for an experienced emergency nurse who provides confident, compassionate care across a broad range of medical, surgical, behavioral health, and traumatic conditions. Support trauma care, respond to critical situations, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary healthcare team in a welcoming North Texas community.
Travel Nursing Job Details
- Job Title: Travel Registered Nurse – Emergency Department / Clinical Decision Unit
- Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
- Specialty: Emergency Department and Clinical Decision Unit Registered Nurse
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,930–$2,030
- Start Date: November 16, 2026
- Contract Duration: 13 weeks, ending February 15, 2027
- Openings: 2
- Nursing Shift: 12-hour day shifts, 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
- Schedule: Alternating 36- and 48-hour weeks; typically three or four 12-hour shifts. An 84-hour biweekly schedule is guaranteed.
- Scheduling: Block scheduling with weekend coverage required
- Emergency Department Volume: Approximately 190 daily visits across a 62-room emergency department
- Orientation: 48 hours, including required learning modules
Travel RN Job Requirements
- Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing; a license must be in hand before the start date
- At least 2 years of emergency nursing experience; 3 years is preferred
- Experience in a high-volume emergency department or trauma setting required; Level II trauma experience preferred
- Previous travel nursing experience required; first-time travelers are not accepted
- Current BLS, ACLS, PALS, TNCC, and NIHSS certifications
- Epic charting experience preferred
- Strong patient assessment, emergency triage, prioritization, and emergency response skills
- Ability to care for stable, independent patients in the Clinical Decision Unit with ratios of up to 5:1
Emergency Department RN Responsibilities
- Provide safe, evidence-based nursing care to Emergency Department and Clinical Decision Unit patients
- Perform rapid patient assessments, triage, reassessments, and ongoing monitoring for medical, surgical, behavioral health, and traumatic conditions
- Recognize and respond to changes in patient condition, including stroke, STEMI, sepsis, respiratory compromise, dysrhythmias, and multisystem emergencies
- Administer emergency medications, blood products, IV therapies, sedation, and other treatments according to established protocols
- Manage patients requiring ventilatory support, central lines, arterial lines, chest tubes, vasopressors, and continuous sedation
- Support trauma, orthopedic, neurologic, psychiatric, overdose, burn, and other emergency presentations
- Obtain and interpret relevant clinical data, including 12-lead ECGs and arterial blood gases, and communicate findings promptly
- Collaborate with providers and interdisciplinary team members to coordinate evaluations, interventions, transfers, admissions, and discharges
- Maintain accurate documentation in Epic while delivering compassionate, patient-centered emergency nursing care
Apply now for this Travel Registered Nurse opportunity in Wichita Falls, Texas, and join a dedicated emergency healthcare 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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