Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Floor - Hickory, NC
Cross Country Healthcare$1,785–$1,896/wk2 openings in Hickory, NCContractPosted 2d agoStill open, checked every nightCross Country Healthcare pays CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. You can also apply on Cross Country Healthcare's own site.
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North Carolina
2 open- $1,896/wk
Hickory, NC (opens on this page)
Contract · Posted 2d ago
- $1,785/wk
Hickory, NC (opens on this page)
Contract · Posted 1w ago
How this pay compares
This assignment posts $1,841 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel med-surg nurse assignments post a median of $2,030 a week, the middle half $1,855 to $2,214, across 1,260 assignments, so this one is below the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
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About the job
Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting 7 Dec 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,896 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,176.27 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical. This position provides nursing care to adult and geriatric medical-surgical patients in an 18-bed unit. Responsibilities include patient advocacy, intravenous therapy, wound care, management of complex medical conditions, and collaboration within a busy clinical environment.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: At least 2 years of experience; Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing; North Carolina or compact nursing license; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; National Institutes of Health (NIH) certification; intravenous therapy competency.
- Preferred Qualifications: Charge experience.
- Additional Information:
- Adult and geriatric patient population.
- Typical patient ratio of 1:6.
- Every-other-weekend requirement.
- No call requirement.
- Common conditions include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation, gastrointestinal bleeding, diabetic complications, wound care needs, pancreatitis, sickle cell crisis, end-of-life care, falls, weakness, sepsis, and infection.
- Float rotation may include surgical, neurological, and intermediate-care assignments while caring for medical-surgical-level patients.
- Team-oriented professionals and strong patient advocates are preferred.
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
From Cross Country Healthcare's job posting for Hickory, NC, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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Based in Boca Raton, FLHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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