Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Floor - Petersburg, WV

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 9, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,079 a week in all, a taxable rate of $22.56 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Medical Surgical Floor, provides patient care in an acute care setting on a night shift. The role supports patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, total joint procedures, hysterectomies, and general postoperative needs. The position includes alternating weekend and holiday assignments.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA); minimum of 1 year of nursing experience.
• Schedule: Night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; alternating weekends and holidays as scheduled.
• Additional Information: Acute care medical-surgical unit with an approximately 1:6 nurse-to-patient ratio. Patient care may include postoperative management and care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure. No intravenous drip titration or call requirement. Telemetry is available on the unit, and respiratory equipment includes continuous positive airway pressure and bilevel positive airway pressure for patients established on those therapies at home. Travelers receive unit orientation and training for unfamiliar clinical processes.

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