Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Floor - Long Beach, CA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting November 16, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,948 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25 an hour plus $1,048.23 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Medical Surgical Floor — Long Beach. This position supports adult and geriatric patients receiving medical-surgical and telemetry care in a fast-paced inpatient setting. The role includes 12-hour day shifts, clinical collaboration across hospital services, and rotation to other units based on census.

Job Details

• Schedule: Three 12-hour day shifts per week, 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m., for a minimum of 36 hours per week. Weekend coverage is required every other weekend.
• Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; at least 2 years of experience; medical-surgical and telemetry experience; experience interpreting dysrhythmias and using remote telemetry monitoring; experience with required charting systems, including Epic; community hospital experience; California nursing license in hand.
• Preferred Qualifications: Level II trauma experience.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: Provides care for adult and geriatric patients with conditions including bowel obstruction, bowel resection, carotid endarterectomy, skin grafts, cholecystectomy, reconstructive or plastic surgery, oral or facial surgery, vascular surgery, gynecologic cancers, pelvic or abdominal pain, pelvic masses, and other gynecologic conditions requiring surgical or medical intervention. Clinical responsibilities may include blood product administration, central and peripheral line care, peripherally inserted central catheter management, continuous bladder irrigation, feeding tube care, pre- and post-hemodialysis management, renal failure care, intravenous therapy, heparin and insulin administration, patient-controlled analgesia, surgical drain and chest tube management, oxygen administration, isolation precautions, pre- and post-thoracic surgery care, and rapid response or code team participation. Patient ratios are typically 1:4 to 1:5.

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