
PCU Travel Nurse
Houston, TXJob$20–80/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The National Internal Traveler RN provides independent clinical nursing care within the registered nurse’s scope of practice. The role involves assessing and implementing patient care, responding to patients’ and families’ needs, guiding healthcare personnel, using clinical equipment, and initiating emergency support. The nurse is expected to maintain clinical knowledge and pursue professional development while delivering care in dynamic settings.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a National Internal Traveler RN, you will be a direct clinical registered nurse providing independent patient care within your scope of practice.
Daily, you will utilize your advanced patient care skills, continuously enhancing your nursing knowledge, skills, and behaviors through education and involvement beyond basic job requirements.
Success in this role requires exceptional clinical expertise, strong adaptability, a proactive approach to professional development, and a steadfast commitment to independent, high-quality patient care in dynamic settings.
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Assesses, plans, and implements nursing care while ensuring patient comfort.
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Anticipates, identifies, and responds to informational and emotional needs of patients and families.
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Guides and directs healthcare personnel (i.e., Patient Care Technicians) in caring for patients.
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Maintains knowledge of equipment setup, maintenance, and use (i.e., IV pumps, monitoring equipment, and drainage devices) Utilizes safeguards such as IV pump drug library and monitor alarms with necessary.
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Initiates emergency support measures (i.e., cardiopulmonary resuscitation, protecting patient from injury).
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Assists with patient care duties/tasks (i.e., emptying drainage devices, ambulating, and hygiene).
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Job Requirements
Required Experience and Education:
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Minimum 2 years of experience as registered nurse in specialty area(s) (e.g., medical/surgical, telemetry, intensive care, emergency department, operating room, post-anesthesia recovery, pediatrics, maternal-child health)
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ADN or Nursing Diploma
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Current unencumbered license as a Registered Nurse from the state(s) in which he or she will be practicing and/or compact state license
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Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS.)
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Other credentials may be required based on specialty and area(s) of assignment as specified by the requesting facility, state license and other regulatory requirements for local, state and federal agencies.
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Certification in specialty preferred; certifications and competencies to support care area and patient population served.
Preferred:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Where You'll Work
Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 157,000 employees, 45,000 nurses and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $4.2 billion annually in charity care, community benefits and unreimbursed government programs. Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system.
Pay Range
$20.00 - $80.00 /hour
We are an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 58,312 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20–80/hr
- Texas median$38–53/hr1,211 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr24,498 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $50/hr, is 10% above the Texas median midpoint ($46/hr) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 4,515 open Registered Nurse jobs in Texas and 58,312 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- HCA Healthcare1,051 open
- Baylor Scott & White Health477 open
- Houston Methodist411 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (28,519 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 16,091 of the 58,312 open Registered Nurse jobs (28%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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