Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Orthopedic Floor - Salisbury, MD

Travel assignment, 10 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 16, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,184 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25.46 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse — Medical Surgical Orthopedic Floor. The role provides acute care for post-operative orthopedic, fracture, geriatric, and medical overflow patients. Responsibilities include clinical care, medication administration, and documentation within an acute care setting.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Active Maryland or compact-state registered nurse license; active Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA); minimum of 2 years of general medical-surgical experience; experience caring for orthopedic patients.
• Schedule: 12-hour night shifts, every other weekend, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Additional Information: Responsibilities include care for post-operative total hip replacement, total knee replacement, total shoulder replacement, geriatric fracture, other fracture, and medical overflow patients. The role includes working alongside other staff members and may involve care across other medical-surgical units.

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