Job Summary:
Medical Surgical Floor (MS) registered nurse position located in Kansas City, Missouri. The role involves providing patient care in a general medical-surgical setting with a focus on orthopedic, trauma, neuro, and overflow neuro patients. The position offers a guaranteed minimum of 48 hours per week starting on 12/14/2026, with a scheduled shift of 12 hours per day.
Job Details:
- Schedule: 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: RN license, BLS certification, 0 years of experience minimum, current authorization to work in the designated location.
- Preferred Qualifications: Orthopedic experience, telemetry skills, NIH procedures experience.
- Additional Information:
- Unit specific policies and guidelines should be attached.
- Certifications required include an RN license and BLS.
- The unit is a Level 1 Trauma Center and a Comprehensive Stroke Center.
- Patient ratios are approximately 1:4 or 1:5, with a 23-bed unit.
- Staffing includes unit secretaries and PCTs; documentation is primarily through Meditech.
- Floating policy: Contract labor is first to float, with potential to float to other MedSurg level care units including general medical-surgical, nephrology, or neuro/trauma units.
- Clinical procedures include post-operative knee, hip, and shoulder replacements, trauma care, and neuro overflow.
- The unit emphasizes bedside shift reports and hourly rounding.
- Uniform required: Navy scrubs.
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
