Travel Registered Nurse - Telemetry - Salem, MA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 15, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,063 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,343.17 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Telemetry. The position provides overnight care on a 24-bed medical cardiology unit, with responsibility for telemetry monitoring and cardiac drip management. The role requires strong cardiac experience, including post-catheterization care and the ability to interpret telemetry strips.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Active Massachusetts Registered Nurse license; American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; at least 2 years of strong cardiac experience; at least 2 years of travel nursing experience.
• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week, including every other weekend.
• Additional Information: Responsibilities include telemetry monitoring, interpretation of telemetry strips, cardiac drip management, and post-catheterization care involving percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) procedures, permanent pacemaker (PPM) procedures, ablation, transradial compression band care, and femoral-access care. The expected nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:6 on nights. Conditional Massachusetts Registered Nurse license applicants may be considered.

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