Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Floor - New York, NY
- No experience required
- Travel
- BLS
- BSN
- RN license
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- $1,950/wk
New York, NY (opens on this page)
Contract · Posted 6d ago
How this pay compares
This assignment posts $1,950 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 within the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
What New York law requires of the employer
- Nurse staffing committee or plan: General hospitals must keep a clinical staffing committee and submit an annual clinical staffing plan to the state. N.Y. Public Health Law § 2805-t (source: N.Y. Public Health Law § 2805-t)
- Limits on mandatory overtime: Health care employers may not require nurses to work beyond scheduled hours except for disaster, declared emergency, unforeseen emergency or a procedure in progress; use of exceptions must be reported (covers registered nurses and licensed practical nurses at health care employers). N.Y. Lab. Law § 167 (source: N.Y. Lab. Law § 167)
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About the job
Travel assignment, 9 weeks, 11.5hr nights, 34 hours a week, starting 30 Nov 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,950 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,269.77 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Medical Surgical Floor, working on the night shift. The Clinical Nurse provides safe, competent, patient-centered care to a designated group of patients by applying the nursing process, evidence-based practice, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Responsibilities include patient assessment, care planning, education, quality and safety initiatives, accurate documentation, and support of patient throughput.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shift from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM; 11.5-hour shifts; 34.5 hours per week. Every other weekend and holiday availability is required.
- Required Qualifications:
- New York State Registered Nurse license
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree
- Two years of medical-surgical nursing experience
- Minimum of two years of Registered Nurse experience
- One year of travel experience for travel positions; travel experience is not required for per diem positions
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience with the designated electronic health record system is highly preferred.
- Additional Information:
- Provides patient-centered care through assessment, intervention, care planning, education, and evaluation.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to support safe and effective patient outcomes.
- Applies evidence-based practices, quality improvement strategies, nursing research, and patient safety principles.
- Maintains accurate and thorough documentation in accordance with regulatory, legal, and professional standards.
- Supports patient throughput, resource coordination, supply management, and charge nurse responsibilities as assigned.
- Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy, active listening, ethical decision-making, and professional communication.
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 New York, NY, checked 5 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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