Travel Registered Nurse - Operating Room - Colville, WA
- Nurse-to-patient ratio 1:1
- 8-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
- ACLS
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How this pay compares
This assignment posts $2,523 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel operating room nurse assignments post a median of $2,421 a week, the middle half $2,233 to $2,692, across 956 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.
Tax-free stipend limit here
GSA's per diem rate for Colville, WA (the standard rate) is $113 a night for lodging in November 2026 and $68 a day for meals and incidentals: $1,267 a week. Agencies set tax-free housing and meal stipends against it, for a traveler who keeps a tax home elsewhere; the posting's own figure says what this assignment pays. Stipend limits in Washington.
What Washington law says about nurse staffing and overtime
- 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, 8hr days, 40 hours a week, starting 14 Dec 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,523 a week in all, a taxable rate of $31.39 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Operating Room. The position supports circulating nursing responsibilities in a surgical setting, including urgent and emergent procedures. The role requires clinical experience with a broad range of surgical procedures, patient safety protocols, and on-call coverage.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shift, 8 hours per shift, with a minimum of 40 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years of experience.
- Active compact state nursing license in hand at submission.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) certifications.
- Experience with electronic charting systems.
- Knowledge of fire safety, cell saver procedures, administration of blood and blood products, infection control, laser safety, radiation safety, specimen handling and labeling, universal protocol and time-out procedures, and wound management.
- Experience supporting thoracic, general, orthopedic, spine, urological, and laparoscopic procedures.
- Additional Information:
- Operating Room circulator responsibilities with an expected patient ratio of 1:1.
- The position may float between units based on operational needs.
- On-call coverage is required for urgent and emergent surgeries, including 1–2 weeknights from 3:00 PM to 6:30 AM and one weekend out of every four from Friday at 6:30 AM through Monday at 6:30 AM.
- Weekend coverage is required.
- Holiday availability is required for three of five designated holidays.
- Time-off and scheduling requests must be submitted with the initial application.
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 14 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: 0.7% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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