Medical Surgical Unit - Travel Registered Nurse

Trusted is seeking an experienced nurse for this exciting travel nursing assignment. Trusted has streamlined the travel nursing experience by enabling nurses to apply directly to jobs without the need for recruiters. This unique approach provides more transparency, eliminates pesky calls from recruiters, and puts more money in your pocket. Join the thousands of nurses across the country who have already made the switch to a more modern way to work.

Shift: 6:45 PM - 7:15 AM

Experience:

• 24 months of experience with 3 months worked in the last 12 months.

• 24 months of Medical Surgical Unit experience with 12 months worked in the last 3 years.

• Experience with Allscripts/Eclipsys is preferred.

• Experience with Sunrise is preferred.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a West Virginia license or compact license (required after submission).

• This role may require floating to additional units and locations

• Travel only, local not allowed. Candidates must live >50 miles from facility to be submitted.

• COVID vaccination required after submission. Religious and medical declinations accepted.

• 24 months gap required between for Staff at Program: Medical Solutions Plus Program - WVU Medicine and no current placement allowed at Program: Medical Solutions Plus Program - WVU Medicine.

• 24 months gap required between for Travel at Program: Medical Solutions Plus Program - WVU Medicine and no current placement allowed at Program: Medical Solutions Plus Program - WVU Medicine.

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Artificial nails are not allowed for any travelers. Failure to adhere could result in being sent home and/or terminated if policy is not followed.

If candidate worked a perm facility in the last 12 months, 1 reference must be from perm facility.

Eligibility as Current/Previous Employee: cumulative experience applies for previous travelers.

References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you’re applying to.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Peritoneal dialysis experience highly preferred.

Special Requests: Staff may submit up to 6 requests off per 6-week schedule.

Unit Details: Ratios 1:6-7, mostly 1:7 for both day and night shift. Charge nurse takes a full patient assignment; a clinical assistant is available 40 hours/week and splits time between the floor and the office. Usually 4-6 CNAs per shift; CNA ratios 1:10-12. Remote telemetry as needed, monitored on a different unit. RNs are not required to read strips; if they have experience reading strips, they may also read them. Drips: Heparin; very rare Lasix but not continuous; PCAs with MSO4; maybe an Ativan gtt; no cardiac gtts or insulin. Vents: Bipap (intermittent only), Cpap, High Flow. RNs assess their patients’ IV sites but do not start their own IVs on this unit; the IV team starts all IVs. PICC team in-house. Uses Pyxis. Patient population includes ortho post-ops, basic neuro post-ops (laminectomies, discectomies, spinal fusions), general post-ops (gallbladders, mastectomies, sleeve gastrectomies), infections, COPD, CP, pneumonia, and cellulitis. Hemodialysis is on this floor. Patients being tested for COVID usually remain on this unit unless results will take longer, then they transfer to the COVID unit.

Shift & Scheduling: Every-other-weekend (3 weekends out of a 6 week schedule); nights work Fri/Sat. Work into the holiday rotation schedule.

Floating Requirements: Float to other MedSurg and MedSurg/Oncology units. Could possibly float to IMC but would be assigned MedSurg overflow. No gtts.

13 days maximum time off

1 Charge/Lead reference required from within the last 2 years

1 Manager/Supervisor reference required from within the last 12 months

Driver’s license required for submission

Certifications:

• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale)

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)

• BLS (Basic Life Support)

• Skills Checklist: Yes
• References: Yes
• License Type: registered
• License State: WV
• Certifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Basic Life Support, NIH Stroke Scale

Job Details

• Job Type: Travel
• Nurse/Patient: 1/6-7
• Shift Type: Night
• Contract Date: 2026-06-19
• Expected Length: 13 weeks
• Hours per Shift: 12
• Shifts per Week: 3