Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Orthopedic Floor - Santa Rosa, CA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting 30 Nov 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,911 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25 an hour plus $1,010.70 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Medical Surgical Orthopedic Floor position in an acute care setting supporting adult patients with orthopedic surgical conditions, spine surgery needs, multi-trauma, and medical-surgical overflow. The role provides care for a 41-bed unit with a typical patient ratio of 1:5 and includes orthopedic, spine, trauma, and remote telemetry services.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week, with every other weekend required.
• Required Qualifications:
• At least 1 year of relevant experience.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Trauma Level I experience.
• Compact state license in hand at submission.
• Ability to care for patients at a 1:5 ratio.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Trauma Level II experience.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
• Provides care for adult orthopedic surgical patients, including total joint replacements and arthroplasty, spine surgery patients, multi-trauma patients, and medical-surgical overflow.
• Supports orthopedic and spine surgeries, multi-trauma care, remote telemetry monitoring, and rapid response or code team participation.
• Relevant clinical skills include port management, noninvasive ventilation management, blood product administration, central line care, chest tube management, continuous bladder irrigation, feeding tube care, high-flow nasal cannula use, isolation precautions, lumbar drain care, oxygen administration, patient-controlled analgesia, peripheral and peripherally inserted central catheter management, peripheral nerve block catheter care, intravenous therapy, substance withdrawal management, total joint replacement care, traction, and wound or wound vacuum care.
• Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretary services.
• Assignment dates are 11/30/2026 through 03/01/2027.
• Forty hours of orientation are provided.

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