Voca Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg / Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Med Surg / Telemetry
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/16/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 48 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Med/Surg – Post-Surgical RN – Job Requirements
Job ID: 65945409
Health System: Novant Health / New Hanover
Required Qualifications
- Experience: Minimum 2 years of RN experience REQUIRED.
- Specialty Experience: Post-surgical nursing experience strongly emphasized, including general surgery, GI, orthopedic/spine, vascular, and hepatobiliary patients.
- License: North Carolina RN or compact RN license. Pending license accepted at submission.
- Certifications:
- BLS – Required
- NIHSS – Listed in structured requirements
- ACLS – Listed with an asterisk; confirm whether required or preferred
- Charting: Epic experience REQUIRED.
- Clinical Skills: IV starts, telemetry, post-operative nursing care, and EKG interpretation.
- Travel Experience: First-time travelers accepted.
- EKG Testing: Must pass before start.
Required Clinical Skills
- Post-operative care for colorectal, GI, general surgery, vascular, orthopedic/spine, and hepatobiliary patients.
- Telemetry and cardiac rhythm interpretation.
- IV starts, IV medication administration, and blood products.
- Central lines, PICC lines, and surgical drain management.
- PCA pumps, pain management, and post-operative monitoring.
- Wound care, wound VACs, and feeding tubes.
- Heparin and insulin protocols.
- Rapid response and emergency interventions.
Assignment Details
Category-Details
Specialty-Med/Surg – Post-Surgical
Contract Length-13 weeks or longer, subject to end-date approval
Shift-12-hour nights
Hours-6:45 PM–7:15 AM
Weekly Hours-36 or 48
Patient Ratio-1:6
Unit Beds-39
Average Census-35
Patient Population-Adults and geriatrics
Weekends-Every other weekend
Floating-Occasional; within or near facility
Scheduling-Self-scheduling with manager input
Block Scheduling-Case-by-case manager approval
EMR-Epic
Medication System-Pyxis
Orientation-36 hours
Scrubs-Navy blue or white; not provided
Locals-Accepted within 50 miles at reduced rate
Submission & Compliance Requirements
- RTO: Up to 7 days automatically approved, excluding holidays. No RTO during the first week.
- No Additional RTO After Booking: Strictly enforced. Additional RTO or call-offs may result in cancellation and do-not-rehire status.
- Holidays: Must work 2 of 3 major holidays.
- Compliance: Lab visit and required testing must be completed within 48 hours of signing.
- Flu Vaccine: Required; medical/religious exemptions accepted.
- Former Employees: Previous Novant/New Hanover permanent, PRN, or extended-pool employees must wait 12 months before returning as travelers.
- References: May be pending at submission.
- Travel Pairs: Accepted on separate units with disclosure.
- Modules: Approximately 8–10 hours of nonbillable acute-care modules before start.
Biggest Submission Deal-Breakers
- Less than 2 years of RN experience.
- No relevant post-surgical nursing background.
- No Epic experience.
- Missing BLS certification.
- Unable to pass the required EKG test.
- Unwilling to work every other weekend or required holidays.
- Unable to float as needed.
- Requests for additional time off after booking.
- Unable to complete required compliance testing within 48 hours.
About Voca Healthcare
As a Voca Traveler, you will gain new clinical skills, visit amazing places and meet awesome healthcare professionals.
As a travel health professional, your experience and dedication to patient care is in high demand throughout the United States. Whether you are a veteran traveler looking for your next opportunity, or you are looking to travel for the first time, Voca is here to support you. Voca’s experienced and dedicated travel team works in concert with you every step of the way. Our long-standing partnerships with some of the most respected and recognized healthcare organizations in the country allow us to identify career opportunities to help you increase your knowledge and experience while working with some of the best physicians and healthcare professionals in the world. At Voca, we strongly believe a better career results in a happier you. We are here to help you find a position that is professionally and personally rewarding.
Benefits
- Holiday Pay
- 401k retirement plan
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Guaranteed Hours