Travel Registered Nurse - Telemetry - Spokane Valley, WA

Travel assignment, 14 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting 14 Dec 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,288 a week in all, a taxable rate of $22.33 an hour plus $1,484 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Telemetry – Spokane Valley, WA. This position provides care for medical-surgical, respiratory, and progressive care patients across multiple units within the healthcare facility. Responsibilities include cardiac rhythm interpretation, management of complex medical and surgical conditions, and support for patients requiring progressive care-level monitoring.

Job Details

• Schedule: 12-hour shifts, including 7:00 AM–7:30 PM and 7:00 PM–7:30 AM, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; weekend rotation is every other weekend, with one holiday per assignment.
• Required Qualifications: At least 1 year of true telemetry or progressive care experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications; ability to pass a cardiac rhythm interpretation examination before starting.
• Preferred Qualifications: Charge experience is preferred, and interest in serving as a charge resource may be considered.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
• Care may include medical-surgical, acute respiratory, and progressive care patients throughout the healthcare facility.
• Patient assignments may include medical-surgical ratios of 1:5 and progressive care ratios of 1:3.
• Progressive care responsibilities exclude intensive care patients, cardiac catheterization laboratory patients, major cardiac surgeries, major neurological surgeries, and major traumas.
• Required clinical skills include high-flow oxygen, chest tubes, peripheral intravenous starts and maintenance, wound care, wound vacuum systems, drains, nephrostomy tubes, pain management, patient-controlled analgesia, central line management, and cardiac rhythm interpretation.
• Experience with heparin, amiodarone, Cardizem, and nitroglycerin infusions is required.
• Orientation includes classroom training, skills validation, and unit-based orientation across three units.
• A cardiac rhythm interpretation examination must be completed during the compliance process before the assignment begins.
• Breaks and 30-minute meal periods are mandatory.
• Schedule planning occurs in six-week increments, and block scheduling for night shifts may be attempted.

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