Medical Surgical Float Pool - Travel Registered Nurse- $2020 per week.

Trusted is seeking an experienced nurse for this exciting travel nursing assignment. Trusted has streamlined the travel nursing experience by enabling nurses to apply directly to jobs without the need for recruiters. This unique approach provides more transparency, eliminates pesky calls from recruiters, and puts more money in your pocket. Join the thousands of nurses across the country who have already made the switch to a more modern way to work.

Shift: 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM

Experience:

• 18 months of experience with 3 months within the last 12 months.

• 12 months of Medical Surgical Float Pool experience.

• Experience with Epic is preferred.

• Experience with Cerner is preferred.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a Alabama license or compact license (required after submission).

• This role will require floating to multiple units

• Travel only, local not allowed. Candidates must live >65 miles from facility to be submitted.

• Flu vaccination required for submission. Religious and medical declinations accepted.

• Anyone who worked as Staff at a facility in this program in the last 6 months cannot be submitted.

• Anyone currently working at a facility in this program cannot be submitted.

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Required Skills/Experience:

• A minimum of 18 months of Med/Surg and/or ICU experience with Epic or Cerner experience is required; if the experience is strictly in ICU, Cerner experience is required.
• 6 North Trauma Surgical requires at least 1 year of trauma/surgical experience, plus wound care, chest tubes, NGT, and IV skills.
• Required skills for 5 South Neuroscience include IV starts, blood draws from central lines, tracheostomy care, PEG/NGT care, colostomy/ostomy care, wound care, chest tubes, surgical-site care, C-collars, abdominal binders, and restraints.
• Required skills for 5 North MedSurg/Oncology include tracheostomy care, chest tubes, PEG tubes, wound care, drains, Foley care, and IV starts.
• Required skills for 3 South Orthopedics include PCA pumps, wound care with negative-pressure dressings, dressing changes, Foley care, and Hemovac/JP drains.
• Required skills for 3 North MS/Ortho/Urology include tracheostomy care, wound care, wound vacs, IV starts, and CVL dressing changes.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Chemo experience is highly preferred for 5 North MedSurg/Oncology.

Special Requests:

• Only one active application is allowed for the same position (same unit and shift at the same facility).
• Applying for a day-shift position also permits applying for a night-shift position on the same unit and facility, but another day-shift position on the same unit and facility is not allowed.
• Proof of address is required to apply. The document must be in your name and match the address on your profile.
• Only a lease or mortgage agreement, utility bill, vehicle registration, or property tax form will be accepted as proof of address; no other document will be accepted.
• Staff must be away for 6 months before returning as a traveler, measured from the last shift worked to the start date.
• Up to 7 days off may be approved, excluding the provided blackout dates.
• Being off on the listed holiday dates is not contractually guaranteed before arrival, and the dates will not automatically be scheduled.
• 2027 holiday blackout dates are Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 1/18; Valentine's Day (week): 2/12 -15; entire month of March; Easter Weekend: 3/26 – 3/28; Mother's Day Weekend: 5/7 - 5/9; Memorial Day (week): 5/28 – 6/1; Father's Day Weekend: 6/18 – 6/20; Fourth of July: 7/2-7/5; Labor Day weekend: 9/3 - 9/6; Halloween: 10/29-11/1; Thanksgiving: 11/25-11/29; and Christmas and New Year's: 12/18-1/1.
• Parking is limited to the 2nd through 4th levels of the parking deck.

Unit Details:

• A home unit will be assigned on the first day of orientation.
• 6 North Trauma Surgical cares for general surgery and vascular surgery patients.
• 5 South Neuroscience cares for patients with CVA, TBI, seizures, AMS, spinal fusions, craniotomies, degenerative diseases, post-trauma conditions, and angiogram cases.
• 5 North MedSurg/Oncology cares for all patient types except stroke and MI, as well as palliative-care, alcohol-withdrawal, and MS/Oncology patients; chemo administration is performed if the nurse is certified.
• 4 South Clinical Decision Unit cares for general MedSurg patients, including COPD, CHF, diabetes, MRSA, VRE, C. diff, COVID, pneumonia, renal failure, sepsis, UTI, and end-of-life comfort care.
• 3 South Orthopedics cares for orthopedic and spine patients, including joint replacements, fractures, fusions, and laminectomies.
• 3 North MS/Ortho/Urology cares for urology, ENT, orthopedic, and MedSurg patients.
• Patient ratios on 3 South Orthopedics are 1:5, or 1:6 for Med/Surg patients.
• Float-pool work includes tracheotomy care, suctioning, oxygen therapy, ostomy care, Foley and external-catheter care, PEG/NGT care and use, wound care, chest tubes, central-line care, pressure-ulcer management and preventive measures, falls-prevention management, and restraints.
• Telemetry is monitored by telemetry technicians and hallway monitors; RNs must interpret and confirm telemetry strip readings every 4 hours.
• Equipment includes Plum 360 IV pumps and Spacelabs monitors, and medication dispensing uses Omnicell.

Floating Requirements:

• Floating may be to any like unit/patient location: MS-MS, MS-ICU task, MS-ER/MS holds, ICU-ICU, ICU-MS task or limit of 3, and ICU-ER/ICU holds.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Flexible contract hours: 36 or 48 per week.
• Weekend rotation is every other weekend or 4 weekend days per month.
• No call.
• One major and one minor seasonal holiday per policy.
• The schedule follows a 4-week cycle; self-scheduling is not available, and Smart Square is used.

7 days maximum time off. Facility holidays: 11/25/2026, 11/26/2026, 11/27/2026, 12/24/2026, 12/25/2026, 12/26/2026, 12/31/2026, 01/01/2027, 01/18/2027, 02/09/2027, 02/21/2027, 03/26/2027, 03/26/2027, 03/27/2027, 03/28/2027, 05/30/2027, 05/31/2027, 07/03/2027, 07/04/2027, 09/06/2027. Number of holidays allowed off: 0

2 Charge/Lead/Supervisor references required from within the last 12 months

Certifications:

• BLS (Basic Life Support)

• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale)

• Skills Checklist: Yes
• References: Yes
• License Type: registered
• License State: AL
• Certifications: Basic Life Support, NIH Stroke Scale

Job Details

• Job Type: Travel
• Nurse/Patient: 1/5-6
• Shift Type: Night
• Contract Date: 2026-12-14
• Expected Length: 13 weeks
• Hours per Shift: 12
• Shifts per Week: 3