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Travel Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Seattle, WA

Cross Country Healthcare logoCross Country Healthcare$1,897–$2,405/wkContractPosted 1w agoStill open, checked every night

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This assignment posts $2,151 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel emergency room nurse assignments post a median of $2,159 a week, the middle half $1,980 to $2,320, across 1,655 assignments, so this one is within the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.

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  • Nurse staffing committee or plan: Each Washington hospital must have a staffing committee, at least half nonsupervisory direct care nursing staff, that develops the hospital staffing plan. RCW 70.41.420(1) (source: RCW 70.41.420(1))
  • Limits on mandatory overtime: Health care facilities may not require covered employees to work overtime, except for unforeseeable emergent circumstances, prescheduled on-call time within limits and procedures in progress (covers hourly or collectively bargained employees in direct patient care at health care facilities, including nurses (definition RCW 49.28.140 (source: RCW 49.28.140)

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About the job

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting 23 Nov 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,405 a week in all, a taxable rate of $21.50 an hour plus $1,631.07 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Emergency Room, Washington. The position provides emergency nursing care in an acute-care setting serving patients with conditions including stroke, ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), sepsis, chest pain, psychosis, and behavioral health needs. The role supports a collaborative emergency department team and may include triage, laboratory draws, cardiac monitoring, respiratory treatments, and care for critical patients.

Job Details

  • Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Every other weekend and some holiday coverage are expected. The assignment runs from 11/23/2026 through 02/22/2027.
  • Required Qualifications: Emergency Room nursing experience; a minimum of 1 year of experience; behavioral health experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications; and a valid driver’s license required at submission.
  • Preferred Qualifications: Previous travel nursing experience, preferably completion of 1–2 assignments. Experience serving as a charge nurse is also preferred.
  • Additional Information:
  • Provides care in a Level III trauma setting with approximately 66 patients treated per day.
  • Supports a typical nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:4.
  • May care for patients requiring insulin, cardiac, sedation, and other critical drips.
  • Travelers with triage experience may be assigned to triage.
  • Respiratory therapy manages ventilators, continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure, airway management, arterial blood gases, and related equipment.
  • Registered Nurses perform laboratory draws, administer breathing treatments, and monitor telemetry in collaboration with monitoring technicians.
  • Department orientation consists of one 12-hour shift with an experienced Emergency Department Registered Nurse.
  • Royal blue scrubs are required.
  • The facility provides 24/7 emergency department security and designated rooms for behavioral health patients.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

  • Private housing or generous housing allowance
  • Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Competitive salaries
  • Referral bonuses
  • Travel reimbursement
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Direct deposit/free checking
  • Unlimited free CE credits

From Cross Country Healthcare's job posting for Seattle, WA, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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About Cross Country Healthcare

National healthcare staffing company in Boca Raton, Florida, placing travel nurses, allied professionals and therapists, with local contract and per diem work too. Source: Cross Country, Travel FAQs

Based in Boca Raton, FLHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

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