Travel Registered Nurse - Telemetry - Richmond, VA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting 9 Nov 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,229 a week in all, a taxable rate of $26.71 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Telemetry, Richmond, VA. This position supports a brand-new unit providing around-the-clock telemetry monitoring for patients. Responsibilities include general medical-surgical telemetry care, laboratory draws, bedside shift reports, and hourly safety rounding.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts with 12-hour shifts, every other weekend, and a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications; successful completion of a telemetry assessment; ability to perform general medical-surgical telemetry procedures and draw laboratory specimens.
• Additional Information:
• Care is provided in a 10-bed telemetry unit with a 5:1 patient ratio.
• Unit staffing includes Registered Nurses (RNs) and Patient Care Technicians (PCTs).
• Patient care includes telemetry monitoring, bedside shift reports, and hourly safety rounding.
• Staff may float to similar units or the Emergency Department (ED) to support telemetry holds when needed.
• Required uniform color is navy blue.

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