Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit Cardiovascular - Tacoma, WA
- Nurse-to-patient ratio 1:1 to 1:2
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
- ACLS
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This assignment posts $2,402 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel ICU nurse assignments post a median of $2,204 a week, the middle half $1,983 to $2,432, across 1,629 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.
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 November 16, 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,402 a week in all, a taxable rate of $22.20 an hour plus $1,603 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse - Washington. The position provides critical care nursing for patients with cardiovascular and other intensive care diagnoses, including open-heart cases. The assignment primarily supports cardiovascular intensive care and may include rotation to other critical care units as operationally needed.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; active nursing license required for submission; minimum of 2 years of experience; cardiovascular intensive care and open-heart experience required.
- Schedule: Night shifts, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.; 12-hour shifts; minimum of 36 hours per week; every-other-weekend and holiday coverage required.
- Additional Information: The role primarily supports cardiovascular intensive care and may include floating to intensive care and progressive care units. Responsibilities include management of intensive care infusions, ventilated patients, and common critical care diagnoses. Typical nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:1 or 1:2 in intensive care and 1:3 in progressive care. An intensivist or hospitalist is available, with respiratory therapy and pharmacy support available around the clock. Floor-specific orientation includes a minimum of two shifts.
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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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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