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Travel Registered Nurse - Step Down Unit - Burlingame, CA

Cross Country Healthcare logoCross Country Healthcare$2,269/wkContractPosted 2d agoStill open, checked every night

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This assignment posts $2,269 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 within 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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  • Minimum nurse-to-patient ratios: General acute care hospitals must keep licensed nurse-to-patient ratios by unit, for example 1:2 in critical care and 1:5 in medical-surgical units. Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 70217(a) (source: Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 70217(a))

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About the job

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

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,269 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25 an hour plus $1,369.19 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Step Down Unit. This role provides care for adult and geriatric patients requiring cardiac, neurologic, and respiratory monitoring, including post-cardiac catheterization care and high-flow oxygen or noninvasive ventilation. The position supports patients with complex cardiac conditions, dysrhythmias, cardiac infusions, and post-procedure needs.

Job Details

  • Schedule: Three 12-hour day shifts per week, 7:00 AM–7:00 PM, totaling 36 hours per week, with every other weekend coverage.
  • Required Qualifications: California Registered Nurse licensure; Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; at least 2 years of Registered Nurse experience, including at least 1 year in an intensive care or step-down setting; experience caring for medical cardiology patients, post-cardiac catheterization patients, and neuro/stroke patients; experience managing respiratory support, including high-flow oxygen and noninvasive ventilation; experience with heparin, diltiazem, and amiodarone infusions.
  • Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience; familiarity with dobutamine, dopamine, and milrinone.
  • Additional Information:
  • Patient population includes adults and geriatric patients.
  • Typical patient assignment is three patients.
  • Clinical responsibilities include dysrhythmia interpretation and management, telemetry monitoring, central and peripheral line care, cardiac drip management, blood product administration, cardiac catheterization recovery, cardiac surgery care, pacemaker care, transcatheter aortic valve replacement support, chest tube management, insulin infusion protocols, heparin protocols, feeding tube care, and post-thrombolytic therapy monitoring.
  • Interdisciplinary support includes respiratory services, physical therapy, pharmacy, radiology, phlebotomy, social services, interpretation services, transportation, unit secretary support, and rapid response teams.

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 Burlingame, CA, 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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