Travel Registered Nurse - Progressive Care Unit - Auburn, WA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting 30 Nov 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,372 a week in all, a taxable rate of $21 an hour plus $1,616.12 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Progressive Care Unit, Auburn/Covington: This position provides care for progressive care-level patients and below, with most assignments supporting emergency department overflow. The role requires clinical expertise in complex patient management, including respiratory support, cardiac monitoring, invasive lines, medication titration, and high-acuity medical-surgical conditions.

Job Details

• Schedule: Nights, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week. Assignment dates are 11/30/2026 through 02/27/2027.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; required electronic medical record experience using EPIC; proficiency in cardiac rhythm interpretation, tracheostomy and bilevel positive airway pressure management for stable patients, invasive line management, ostomy care, general drains, chest tubes, lumbar drains, intravenous medication titration, and alcohol withdrawal patient management.
• Preferred Qualifications: First-time travelers may be considered.
• Additional Information:
• Assignments may occur in Auburn or Covington and support progressive care-level patients and below, with the majority of time in emergency department overflow.
• Patient populations may include respiratory distress, end-stage renal disease, acute kidney injury, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, sepsis, postoperative patients, stroke, alcohol-related conditions, overdose, congestive heart failure, and patients following cardiac catheterization or interventional radiology procedures.
• Patient assignment ratio is 1:4.
• The progressive care unit has 33 beds.
• Scrubs may be any color; navy blue is preferred, and camouflage is not preferred.

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