Travel Registered Nurse - Long Term Care - Ketchikan, AK

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr rotating, 36 hours a week, starting November 30, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,284 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,564.31 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Long Term Care. The position provides nursing care to adult and geriatric patients in a long-term care setting with clinical needs similar to a medical-surgical or step-down environment. Responsibilities include patient assessment, medication administration, wound care, feeding tube management, resident transfers, and coordination of care.

Job Details

• Schedule: Rotating schedule with 12-hour shifts; minimum 36 hours per week. Day shifts are generally 0700–1900, and night shifts are generally 1900–0700.
• Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse license; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; charting system experience; ability to provide care for adult and geriatric patients; competency with patient identification, medication administration, infection control, neurological assessments, blood glucose monitoring, wound care, feeding tubes, urinary catheters, intravenous medication administration, central and peripheral line care, mechanical lift equipment, and pressure injury prevention.
• Preferred Qualifications: Two years of nursing experience; skilled nursing facility or long-term care experience; travel nursing experience; at least one year of Epic experience; acute care experience; ability to learn charting workflows quickly.
• Patient Ratios: Approximately 8 patients per nurse on days and 13 patients per nurse on nights.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: The position serves adults and geriatric patients with conditions including cerebrovascular accident, dementia, rheumatoid arthritis, atrial fibrillation, hip fracture, Parkinson’s disease, below-knee amputation, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and Huntington’s disease. Common equipment includes Hoyer lifts, SARA lifts, tube-feeding pumps, and intravenous pumps. The role requires physical ability to assist with resident transfers, mechanical lifts, foot care, and other hands-on patient care. The unit does not manage tracheostomy patients, acute rehabilitation, total parenteral nutrition, or bilevel positive airway pressure cases.

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