Travel Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Vancouver, WA
- Nurse-to-patient ratio 1:4
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- TNCC
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How this pay compares
This assignment posts $2,503 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 above the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
What Washington law requires of the employer
- 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 14 Dec 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,503 a week in all, a taxable rate of $21.50 an hour plus $1,729 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Emergency Room, Location not provided. This travel position provides emergency care in a Level II Trauma Center serving patients across the lifespan, including those experiencing trauma, stroke, cardiac conditions, behavioral health concerns, and other acute diagnoses. The role includes a 3x12 night schedule and accepts first-time travelers.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week; anticipated start date is 12/14/2026.
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 1 year of emergency nursing experience
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification
- Washington state nursing license or proof that a Washington license application has been submitted
- Electronic health record experience
- Preferred Qualifications:
- National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
- Level II trauma experience
- Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line experience
- Additional Information:
- Patient assignment ratio is 1:4.
- Patient population includes neonates, infants, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics.
- Clinical responsibilities include care for patients with weakness, chest pain, abdominal pain, falls, trauma, stroke, behavioral health concerns, wounds, orthopedic conditions, back pain, and geriatric needs.
- Additional procedures and clinical skills include procedural sedation, massive transfusion protocols, arterial lines, chest tubes, sepsis protocols, ST-elevation myocardial infarction care, tissue plasminogen activator administration and monitoring, seizure management, emergent external ventricular drainage, central-line care, arterial blood gas interpretation, dysrhythmia management, intravenous vasopressor administration, and ventilated-patient care.
- Flu vaccination is required; medical and religious exemptions may be considered.
- First-time travelers are accepted.
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, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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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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