Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical With Telemetry - High Point, NC

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting December 7, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,932 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,211.62 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical With Telemetry — High Point, NC. This position provides care for medical-surgical and telemetry patients with a range of diagnoses, including congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, infections, wounds, and postoperative conditions. The role includes cardiac monitoring, medication administration, clinical assessment, and management of patients requiring specialized treatments and equipment.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: At least 1 year of experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; proficiency in general medical-surgical patient care, intravenous therapy initiation and maintenance, urinary catheter care, nasogastric tube care, chest tube management, wound care and dressing changes, negative-pressure wound therapy, drains, heparin infusions, and continuous bladder irrigation.
• Additional Information: Patient populations include general medical-surgical, postoperative, bariatric, orthopedic, trauma-surgical, and patients requiring traction care. Typical staffing includes a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:6 and a certified nursing assistant-to-patient ratio of 1:9–12. Responsibilities may include caring for patients with congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, kidney, liver, gastrointestinal, and respiratory conditions; infections; wounds; alcohol-withdrawal monitoring; and continuous bladder irrigation. Available support includes certified nursing assistants, charge nurses, phlebotomy services, respiratory therapy, hospitalists, intensivists, telemetry monitoring technicians, and routine patient-care equipment.

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