Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Seattle, WA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting 30 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, Intensive Care Unit. The role supports a high-acuity float pool across critical care and multiple inpatient and surgical areas, caring for medical, surgical, neurological, and cardiac patients. The position requires strong critical-care practice, prior floating experience, electronic health record proficiency, and the ability to manage titratable infusions in a self-scheduled night-shift environment.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Self-scheduling is available, with three weekend shifts required per schedule.
• Required Qualifications:
• Minimum of 2 years of Intensive Care Unit experience
• Prior floating experience, including float pool shifts or assignments across different floors or units
• Experience with Epic electronic health records
• Current Washington or compact nursing license
• American Heart Association Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with high-acuity patients and advanced cardiac or circulatory support devices, including device training where applicable.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
• Float pool assignments may include critical care, observation, medical-surgical, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, short-stay surgery, thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, oncology, telemetry, and progressive care.
• Patient assignments generally range from one to two patients based on acuity.
• Responsibilities include caring for medical, surgical, neurological, and cardiac patients; titrating medications; monitoring patients receiving mechanical ventilation and noninvasive respiratory support; and interpreting cardiac rhythms.
• Common titratable medications include epinephrine, norepinephrine, dobutamine, propofol, esmolol, hydromorphone, and midazolam.
• Orientation includes general onboarding, required learning modules, validation training, and two Intensive Care Unit orientation shifts.
• No call or standby requirement is listed.
• Royal blue attire is required.

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