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Travel Registered Nurse - Progressive Care Unit - Olympia, WA

Cross Country Healthcare logoCross Country Healthcare$2,135–$2,964/wkContractPosted 1w agoStill open, checked every night

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How this pay compares

This assignment posts $2,550 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel telemetry nurse assignments post a median of $2,120 a week, the middle half $1,930 to $2,306, across 1,305 assignments, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.

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What Washington law requires of the employer

  • 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, 12hr nights, 48 hours a week, starting November 17, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,964 a week in all, a taxable rate of $26.17 an hour plus $1,603 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit. This float position supports adult and geriatric patients across progressive care, medical-surgical, telemetry, and emergency department boarding areas. The role requires adaptable clinical practice, charge nurse experience, and the ability to manage varying patient acuity and assignments.

Job Details

  • Required Qualifications: Active compact nursing license in hand at submission; at least 1 year of clinical experience; charge nurse experience; United States clinical experience required; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; demonstrated competency with cardiac telemetry, ventilated patient care, central line management, chest tubes, blood product administration, dysrhythmia management, intravenous therapy, oxygen administration, wound care, tracheostomy care, cardiac drips, vasoactive drips, and rapid response or code teams.
  • Preferred Qualifications: Experience caring for patients in progressive care, step-down, medical-surgical, or telemetry settings; experience managing patient assignments with ratios of 1:4–6; experience supporting patients with cardiac, neurological, respiratory, renal, and post-surgical conditions.
  • Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with a minimum of 48 hours per week.
  • Additional Information: Patient populations may include emergency department boarding patients, telemetry patients, medical-surgical patients, and progressive care patients. Assignments may involve varying acuity and occasional charge responsibilities, including staffing coordination, bed flow, and general unit coordination. Weekend coverage is required, and orientation includes 24 hours. The position supports adult and geriatric patients with interdisciplinary resources including intravenous therapy, physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, rapid response teams, and pharmacy.

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 for Olympia, WA, checked 9 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: 0.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

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