Travel Registered Nurse - Telemetry - San Luis Obispo, CA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 9, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,059 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25 an hour plus $1,158.65 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Telemetry nursing position supporting patients in an acute care setting during night shifts. The role provides care across medical-surgical and higher-acuity cardiac-focused units, including patients recovering from cardiac procedures, managing sepsis, or experiencing respiratory distress. The position requires collaboration with the care team, telemetry monitoring, and management of specified intravenous medications.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; every other weekend required.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
• Additional Information: Patient assignments may include medical-surgical, orthopedic, medical, cardiac, and step-down patients. Common cases include post-cardiac catheterization, post-pacemaker placement, post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement, post-coronary artery bypass grafting, sepsis, and respiratory distress. The role may involve management of amiodarone, heparin, diltiazem, fixed-rate insulin, nitroglycerin, and dopamine for renal dosing. Patients may require bilevel or continuous positive airway pressure. Telemetry monitoring and rhythm interpretation are required.

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