Job Description

Genie Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Jackson, Mississippi.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 08/11/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Travel RN – Med/Surg Ortho – 12H Nights

Unit: 5 North – MedSurg Ortho
Shift: 12-hour nights (7p–7a)
Contract Length: 13 weeks 
Guaranteed Hours: 36/week
Charting System: EpicCare Inpatient EMR
Scrub Color: Any solid, professional color
Trauma Level: Level I

Pay Info

• Fingerprinting Requirement:
  • Remote option: Must allow 10 days before start
  • In-person option: Can be completed at Jackson or Grenada campus the week before start

Unit Details

• Unit Name: 5 North – MedSurg Ortho
• Beds: 31
• Nurse-to-Patient Ratio:
  • Typically 1:5, up to 1:6 depending on acuity
  • Lower ratios for higher-acuity patients
• Patient Population:
  • Ortho, post-op total joints, general med-surg overflow

Requirements

• Certifications Required:
  • BLS (required for all)
  • ACLS (required for Charge RNs only)
• Experience Required:
  • Level I trauma experience
  • Large hospital experience with high-volume surgeries
  • Comfortable with lines and chest tubes
• Drip Titration:
  • May need to start Heparin or Amiodarone (then transfer to cardiac unit)
• Telemetry:
  • All units have telemetry capability
  • Central monitoring station communicates with RNs
• Charge Nurse:
  • Has a light assignment but can take full load if needed
  • Charge nurse present; house supervisor in-house from 3 PM and on weekends

Additional Details

• Aides: Present on all units
• Respiratory Support:
  • CPAP/BiPAP at night, RT support available
  • High-flow available on 2N
• Scheduling:
  • Self-scheduling is allowed where possible
  • Travelers expected to fill open needs
  • Open to block scheduling if available
  • Weekend Option available (not required)
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend or 2 weekends/month
• Holiday Requirement: Rotate with core staff
• Floating: Required between all MedSurg units, within skillset
  • Higher-acuity patients typically assigned to core staff

Orientation

• First-day onboarding: paperwork, Epic/Omnicell access, tour, scheduling
• 2 precepted shifts for onboarding

Job ID #16856450

About Genie Healthcare

Genie Healthcare is one of the fastest growing Nurse Travel Agencies in the USA. Genie serves hundreds of facilities and has over 4000 current travel RN contracts open at any given time.

Genie provides travel RN’s flexibility, support, top pay scale, housing and the #1 rated, multi-state health insurance coverage.

Genie Healthcare carries with it a commitment to providing a comprehensive level of service and quality care. Growing from a small team of eager recruiters to a company with satisfied clients in nearly every corner of the nation, delivering excellence in patient and customer care is the key to Genie’s success.

The management team has 20 years of experience in workforce solutions and staffing in medical and non-medical fields, roles ranging from Clerical job to Cardiologist to software developer to CEO.

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