Telemetry Registered Nurse
Spokane Valley, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Telemetry Spokane Valley, WA. The role provides care for medical-surgical, respiratory, and progressive care patients across multiple hospital units. Responsibilities include managing complex medical and surgical conditions, interpreting cardiac rhythms, and delivering care within the professional scope of practice.

Job Details

• Schedule: 12-hour shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: At least 1 year of Telemetry or Progressive Care Unit experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications; ability to pass a cardiac rhythm interpretation examination; proficiency with high-flow oxygen, chest tubes, peripheral intravenous starts and maintenance, wound care, wound vacuums, drains, nephrostomy tubes, pain management, patient-controlled analgesia, central line management, and cardiac rhythm interpretation.
• Preferred Qualifications: Charge experience and interest in serving as a charge resource during the assignment.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient assignments include a typical ratio of 1:5 for medical-surgical patients and 1:3 for progressive care patients, with no certified nursing assistant support in progressive care.
  • Patient populations include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure (CHF), sepsis, acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, cellulitis, pancreatitis, respiratory illness, orthopedic and gastrointestinal surgical patients, and progressive care patients with atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response.
  • Progressive care assignments are limited to progressive care patients; intensive care patients are not included.
  • The assignment includes every-other-weekend rotation, one holiday per contract, and no scheduled on-call requirement, although low-census situations may occur.
  • Orientation includes 1 day of classroom training and skills validation, followed by 12 hours of unit orientation across three units.
  • Clinical support includes respiratory therapy, hospitalist coverage, phlebotomy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, rapid response and code teams, and centralized telemetry monitoring.
  • Assignment dates are 12/14/2026 through 03/13/2027.

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