This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
Posted Aug 21
Shift and hours
12-hour days3 shifts · 36 hours a week
Unit and setting
Tele · Hospital
License
RN licenseActive WA or compact RN license required, must be in hand at time of consideration
Term
13 weeks · starts Sep 8, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
License
Active WA or compact RN license required, must be in hand at time of considerationCheck your license
Certification
BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
Experience
Minimum 1 year of recent RN experience required
Experience
Two supervisory references covering at least 1 year of experience within the last 3 years required
Experience
Neurology RN experience required, including comfort with the NIH Stroke Scale
Experience
Experience caring for post-surgical neurology patients and varied neurology diagnoses required
Experience
Epic EMR experience required
Experience
Experience with procedural sedation administration and monitoring required
Also asks
Skills in cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management required
Also asks
Full SSN and DOB required for consideration
What it pays
Against similar roles
Below most Washington travel postingsWashington travel postings that state pay run $1,870/week to $2,780/week, the middle half $2,090/week to $2,560/week, across 98 postings.
The role and schedule
Floating
Floats to other units
Charting
Epic
Weekends
Every other weekend
On call
No call
Support on this unit
Nurse to patient
1:4<li>Patient ratio of 1:4</li> <li>Day shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM</li> <li>Required to work every other weekendstated in this posting
American Traveler is hiring a Telemetry RN with neurology experience for a day-shift role requiring NIH Stroke Scale proficiency and a WA or compact RN license.
Details
Works in the Telemetry unit of a Level II Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma teaching hospital
Cares for neurology patients including post-surgical neuro, CVA, craniotomy, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury cases
Patient ratio of 1:4
Day shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Required to work every other weekend
Floating between units and sister facilities required
No on-call responsibilities
Uses Epic charting system
Requirements
Active WA or compact RN license required, must be in hand at time of consideration
BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
Minimum 1 year of recent RN experience required
Neurology RN experience required, including comfort with the NIH Stroke Scale
Experience caring for post-surgical neurology patients and varied neurology diagnoses required
Epic EMR experience required
Skills in cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management required
Experience with procedural sedation administration and monitoring required
Two supervisory references covering at least 1 year of experience within the last 3 years required
Full SSN and DOB required for consideration
Additional Information
Provide telemetry and neuro stepdown level care to a complex neurological patient population
Manage cardiac monitoring and respond to dysrhythmias and other emergencies
Perform respiratory support tasks including BiPAP/CPAP management and chest tube care
Facility does not accept candidates with Nursys or background check hits
Former permanent employees may return as travelers after a 3-month waiting period, provided they do not live within 50 miles of the facility
Candidates must reside outside a 50-mile radius to be eligible for the travel pay rate; local candidates may be accepted at a lower bill rate
Must commit to working 3 of the following 5 holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day
All RTO and specific scheduling requests must be submitted upfront; requests after offer may not be accommodated
Neighborhoods+South Hill is the iconic in-city pick for families and professionals: tree-lined streets, early-1900s Craftsman and character homes, walkability, parks in every direction, and named schools including Jefferson, Hamlin, and Huntton Elementary feeding Lewis and Clark High School. Indian Trail is the spacious, more affordable suburban alternative; North Spokane is pitched for room to grow and value; Eagle Ridge for new builds and a planned neighborhood feel. Liberty Lake, just east, is luxury living with a small-town vibe; Airway Heights is a growth corridor of new homes and convenience; Mead (its school district) draws people who want space, schools, and community. Just outside the city, Reddit routinely names Cheney, Deer Park, Otis Orchards, Green Acres, and Airway Heights as populated, relatively affordable options. The Spokane River splits denser downtown grids from more spacious north-county layouts, so price tier and daily drive change quickly by side of town.
South Hill is the iconic in-city pick for families and professionals: tree-lined streets, early-1900s Craftsman and character homes, walkability, parks in every direction, and named schools including Jefferson, Hamlin, and Huntton Elementary feeding Lewis and Clark High School. Indian Trail is the spacious, more affordable suburban alternative; North Spokane is pitched for room to grow and value; Eagle Ridge for new builds and a planned neighborhood feel.
Liberty Lake, just east, is luxury living with a small-town vibe; Airway Heights is a growth corridor of new homes and convenience; Mead (its school district) draws people who want space, schools, and community. Just outside the city, Reddit routinely names Cheney, Deer Park, Otis Orchards, Green Acres, and Airway Heights as populated, relatively affordable options.
The Spokane River splits denser downtown grids from more spacious north-county layouts, so price tier and daily drive change quickly by side of town.
Getting around+U.S. News puts the average commute at about 18.52 minutes, and relocation agents say people arriving from bigger West Coast metros notice short drives and manageable traffic as a daily quality-of-life gain. I-90 is the regional spine; the river creates distinct north/south micro-markets, so crossing town is the main time variable. A 2026 buyer guide tells shoppers to weigh drive times to major medical centers and healthcare infrastructure when choosing a zone. Public transit is discussed as a real topic, but the practical message in relocation content is that a car is the default for getting around. These sources do not name hospital-specific routes, bus lines, or parking realities at campuses.
U.S. News puts the average commute at about 18.52 minutes, and relocation agents say people arriving from bigger West Coast metros notice short drives and manageable traffic as a daily quality-of-life gain. I-90 is the regional spine; the river creates distinct north/south micro-markets, so crossing town is the main time variable.
A 2026 buyer guide tells shoppers to weigh drive times to major medical centers and healthcare infrastructure when choosing a zone. Public transit is discussed as a real topic, but the practical message in relocation content is that a car is the default for getting around.
These sources do not name hospital-specific routes, bus lines, or parking realities at campuses.
Outdoors+Downtown's 100-acre Riverfront Park is the civic backyard: the 1909 Looff Carrousel, a 650-foot Numerica Skate Ribbon, the Numerica SkyRide over Spokane Falls, and weekend Pavilion light shows. The falls roar loudest with May snowmelt; the Centennial Trail follows the river to the Idaho border. Winter means Mount Spokane about an hour out for skiing, snowboarding, and snowshoe trails, Schweitzer farther on with over 29,000 acres of terrain, and Riverside State Park for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, is about 45 minutes east; Green Bluff (including 3 Billy Goats Bluff in Colbert) is the nearby orchard/farm outing. South Hill is described as having city parks in every direction, and relocation pitches lean hard on lakes, mountains, rivers, and trails as everyday access rather than a weekend expedition.
Downtown's 100-acre Riverfront Park is the civic backyard: the 1909 Looff Carrousel, a 650-foot Numerica Skate Ribbon, the Numerica SkyRide over Spokane Falls, and weekend Pavilion light shows. The falls roar loudest with May snowmelt; the Centennial Trail follows the river to the Idaho border.
Winter means Mount Spokane about an hour out for skiing, snowboarding, and snowshoe trails, Schweitzer farther on with over 29,000 acres of terrain, and Riverside State Park for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, is about 45 minutes east; Green Bluff (including 3 Billy Goats Bluff in Colbert) is the nearby orchard/farm outing.
South Hill is described as having city parks in every direction, and relocation pitches lean hard on lakes, mountains, rivers, and trails as everyday access rather than a weekend expedition.
Spokane is Washington's inland second city, built around roaring Spokane Falls and 100-acre Riverfront Park from Expo '74—the SkyRide, 1909 Looff Carrousel, and Centennial Trail to Idaho. For a nurse the draw is livability: about 18-minute commutes, more sun than Seattle, and housing that still undercuts the West Coast after prices nearly doubled since the mid-2010s (metro median around $425,000 in spring 2026). Healthcare is one of the professions that keep pace locally. South Hill offers tree-lined Craftsman streets and Lewis and Clark High School; Indian Trail and North Spokane buy space and value; Liberty Lake is luxury small-town; Mead is for schools. Winters mean short days and later snow; summers can bring wildfire smoke; the wrong block can include homelessness or weaker schools. A car is the default. Food has caught up—Sorella, Feast World Kitchen, Wooden City, craft beer—and weekends go to Mount Spokane, Schweitzer, Riverside State Park, or Coeur d'Alene 45 minutes east.
