Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,480 per week

Specialty: Med Surg • Discipline: RN • Start Date: 08/24/2026 • Duration: 13 weeks • 36 hours per week • Shift: 12 hours • Employment Type: Travel

About the role

Medical Surgical (MS) Nurse position at a healthcare facility in Bemidji, Minnesota. This role involves providing high-quality nursing care in a busy 41-bed medical-surgical unit, managing patient needs including orthopedic, behavioral health, and general medical-surgical cases. The unit has 12 semi-private and 29 private rooms with nurse-to-patient ratios of 4-5:1 during day shifts and 12-6:1 during night shifts. Clinicians must badge in and out at the facility and wear navy blue scrubs. Floating to other units such as telemetry, observation, post-partum, or acute rehab may be required, particularly if not assigned to the med surg department. The charting system used is EPIC.

Schedule

• 12-hour day shifts
• Every other weekend and holiday
• Minimum 36 hours per week

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care in a medical-surgical unit
• Manage orthopedic, behavioral health, and medical-surgical patient cases
• Monitor tele patient care
• Perform chest tube management, trach cares, and procedures such as paracentesis or thoracentesis
• Float to other units as needed (telemetry, observation, post-partum, or acute rehab)

Requirements

• Active Minnesota Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a medical-surgical unit
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association
• Experience with orthopedic patients
• EPIC experience
• Ability to monitor tele patient care
• Knowledge of chest tube management, trach cares, and procedures such as paracentesis or thoracentesis
• If previously employed by this healthcare provider, last employment must have ended at least 6 months prior to submission

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with orthopedic patient care

Benefits

• 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