Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Floor - Uniontown, PA
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How this pay compares
This assignment posts $2,121 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 Pennsylvania law requires of the employer
- Limits on mandatory overtime: Health care facilities may not require direct-care employees to work beyond the scheduled shift, except in unforeseeable emergencies, on-call time and procedures in progress (covers hourly or nonsupervisory employees in direct patient care or clinical care at health care facilities, including nurses). Act 102 of 2008, Prohibition of Excessive Overtime in Health Care Act, § 3 (source: Act 102 of 2008, Prohibition of Excessive Overtime in Health Care Act, § 3)
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About the job
Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting 30 Nov 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,121 a week in all, a taxable rate of $23.71 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Medical Surgical Floor. The role provides nursing care for acute medical-surgical patients, including postoperative, orthopedic, pneumonia, dialysis, palliative, hospice, and end-of-life populations. The position involves 12-hour night shifts, collaboration with interdisciplinary care teams, and floating to other medical-surgical units as needed.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications:
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- At least 2 years of experience
- Nursing license required for submission
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Patient assignments typically maintain a 1:6–7 nurse-to-patient ratio.
- Every other weekend availability is required, including scheduled Saturday and Sunday shifts.
- Two Fridays per schedule are required, commonly grouped with weekend shifts.
- Participation in the permanent staff holiday rotation is required.
- Floating is limited to other medical-surgical units.
- Common clinical needs include postoperative and orthopedic care, pneumonia, dialysis, palliative care, hospice, end-of-life care, and limited inpatient chemotherapy.
- Patients may require care involving remote telemetry, noninvasive ventilation, and high-flow oxygen, with respiratory therapy support.
- Assignments may include both designated clean and infectious-care patients.
- Unit-specific orientation includes one shift with a preceptor.
- Self-scheduling and blocked schedules may be available when unit coverage needs are met.
- Navy blue scrubs are required, including navy blue jackets when worn.
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, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Cross Country Healthcare
National healthcare staffing company in Boca Raton, Florida, placing travel nurses, allied professionals and therapists, with local contract and per diem work too. Source: Cross Country, Travel FAQs
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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