Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Lakewood, WA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 16, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,402 a week in all, a taxable rate of $22.20 an hour plus $1,603 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit — Washington. The role provides critical care for primarily general medical intensive care patients, with some surgical cases, in an acute care setting. Responsibilities include managing complex patients, titrating critical drips, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary care team.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of intensive care nursing experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; active license required for submission.
• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; every other weekend and rotating holiday coverage required.
• Additional Information: The intensive care unit typically maintains a 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio. The role includes caring for general medical and surgical critical care patients, managing ventilators and other oxygen-delivery modalities, and titrating sedation and vasoactive medications. Respiratory therapy support is available around the clock, with intensivist coverage during the day and virtual intensive care support at night. Nurses participate in centralized monitoring and verify cardiac rhythms. Floating to progressive care, medical-surgical, or emergency units may be required for holds, with a maximum ratio of 1:4. Professional scrubs of any color are permitted. Orientation includes a meeting with the unit educator and one full shift, with the possibility of completing an electronic medical record competency assessment.

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