Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Tacoma, WA

Travel assignment, 14 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting 14 Dec 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,297 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,576.58 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Tacoma, WA. This role provides care for critically ill adult patients in a Level IV Trauma Center intensive care setting. Responsibilities include managing complex medical and surgical conditions, interpreting cardiac rhythms, titrating intravenous medications, and supporting patients requiring ventilator, tracheostomy, high-flow, or bilevel positive airway pressure management.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts are 12 hours, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Shift times may be 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m. Weekend rotation is approximately two weekends per month, with one to two holidays per contract.
• Required Qualifications:
• Minimum of 2 years of intensive care unit experience
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
• Cardiac rhythm interpretation
• Invasive line management, including central venous pressure and arterial lines
• Intravenous medication titration
• Ventilator, tracheostomy, high-flow, and bilevel positive airway pressure management
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Strong peripheral intravenous skills
• Experience with the applicable electronic medical record system
• Previous travel nursing experience
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
• Patient assignments typically have a 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio.
• Patient populations include sepsis, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, substance use-related conditions, suicidal ideation, psychiatric conditions, and COVID-19.
• The unit also cares for stable cerebrovascular accident and traumatic brain injury patients, orthopedic and general surgery patients, and patients requiring manual proning or temporary pacemakers.
• The role does not include open-heart cases, neurological interventions, dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy, balloon pumps, or hypothermia protocols.
• Floating may include assignments in the Progressive Care Unit or inpatient holding areas.
• Orientation includes facility and unit orientation, a unit tour, policy and procedure review, and one unit shift.
• A cardiac rhythm interpretation examination is required before arrival.
• Breaks include three 15-minute breaks and one 30-minute meal period.
• Teamwork, communication, positivity, and a can-do attitude are valued.

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