Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Floor - Pocatello, ID

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting 23 Nov 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,870 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,150.22 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Floor. The role provides care to adult and geriatric patients with complex medical and post-operative conditions, including sepsis, respiratory failure, renal failure, trauma, cardiac conditions, and isolation needs. The position requires strong medical-surgical nursing skills, travel experience, and the ability to float based on competencies.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week and a 48-hour option available.
• Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse with at least 2 years of experience, required travel experience, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, experience managing patient ratios of 1:6, and electronic charting system experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Trauma Level II experience preferred.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
• Provides care for adult and geriatric patients.
• Weekend coverage is required, including every other weekend and two weekend shifts per schedule period.
• Assignment dates are 11/23/2026 through 02/22/2027.
• Orientation includes 24 hours.
• Patient conditions may include sepsis, Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment (CIWA) needs, confusion, altered mental status (AMS), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), post-operative care needs, acute kidney injury (AKI), trauma, respiratory failure, bowel obstruction, pyelonephritis, cardiac conditions, diabetes, gastrointestinal conditions, isolation, and suicidal ideation with medical indications.
• Clinical responsibilities may include port management, BiPAP/CPAP management, blood product administration, central line blood draws, chest tube management, ostomy care, continuous bladder irrigation, cerebrovascular accident (CVA) care, feeding tube management, high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) management, insulin administration, arterial blood gas (ABG) interpretation, isolation precautions, nasal cannula oxygen therapy, non-invasive airway management, oral suctioning, oxygen administration, patient-controlled analgesia, peripheral line care, phlebotomy, peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line management, post-angiogram care, post-myocardial infarction care, hemodialysis care, neurosurgical care, thoracic surgery care, renal failure care, spinal cord injury care, intravenous therapy, substance withdrawal care, surgical drain management, thyroidectomy care, total joint replacement care, tracheostomy care, traumatic brain injury care, rapid response and code team support, and wound or wound vacuum care.

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