Travel Nurse RN - Medical-Surgical in Evansville, IN

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Medical-Surgical

Location

Evansville, Indiana

Schedule / Job Type

Contract (13 Weeks) | Full-Time | Onsite | Night Shift (6:30 PM – 7:00 AM, 12-Hour Shifts)

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care on a 41-bed Medical-Surgical unit serving a post-surgical, UTI, sepsis, high fall risk, COPD, and CHF population
• Perform clinical skills including remote telemetry monitoring, chest tube management, NG/PEG tube care, straight cath/Foley insertion, ostomy care, Heparin drip management, blood/blood product administration, tracheostomy care, and PCA management
• Maintain strong patient assessment and critical thinking throughout each shift with nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:6–7 on nights
• Float within skillset to a secondary campus location as needed, with a minimum of 2 hours notice provided for cross-campus floats
• Adhere to weekend and holiday rotation requirements (three weekends per six-week schedule; every other holiday)
• May precept nursing students and new hires as this is a teaching facility

Required Qualifications

• Current, active compact RN license required
• AHA BLS certification required
• NIHSS certification required
• Minimum 2 years of recent, strong Medical-Surgical experience
• At least 1 prior travel nursing assignment required
• Trauma Level II experience required
• Recent Epic EMR experience required

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Demonstrated ability to adapt to change and manage a high-acuity patient load with resilience
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively within a team environment
• Experience precepting nursing students or new graduate nurses

Why Join Us

• Work alongside experienced unit leadership with CNA support on a well-established Medical-Surgical unit
• Guaranteed hours of 36 per week (48-hour contracts available upon request), offering schedule consistency throughout your contract