
Med/Surg | Registered Nurse
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Medford, OR
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Oct 28, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $50.97
- Weekly
- $1,835
- Yearly (full-time)
- $95,420
- Start date
- November 23, 2026
This job pays about $50.97/hour — 18% below the median for Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Oregon ($62.02/hour). The total includes tax-free housing and meal stipends, which staff jobs don't pay, so take-home pay is usually higher than the hourly figure suggests.
Estimated from the weekly pay in the listing, 36 hours a week; yearly = 52 weeks. Median wage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Oregon right now
- 598 open Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Oregon from 8 agencies, 75 of them in Medford.
- Pay in these listings: $13.88 – $139/hour, median $60.73/hour.
- Typical Registered Nurse (RN) pay in Oregon: $62.02/hour ($129,002/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: MAS Medical Staffing ($105/hour across 3 jobs).
Job description
Registered Nurse (RN) – Medical-Surgical Travel Nurse | Night Shift Contract in Medford, Oregon
Join a collaborative medical-surgical nursing team in Medford, Oregon, as a travel RN providing high-quality care on a 13-week night shift contract. Build on your acute-care expertise while caring for diverse adult, pediatric, oncology, post-surgical, and geriatric patients in Southern Oregon’s scenic Rogue Valley.
Medical-Surgical Travel RN Job Details
- Location: Medford, Oregon 97504
- Assignment Type: 13-week travel nursing contract
- Start Date: November 23, 2026
- End Date: February 22, 2027
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,790–$1,880
- Schedule: 36 hours per week; three 12-hour shifts
- Shift: Night shift, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Weekend Requirement: At least every other weekend
- On-Call: May be required
- Typical Patient Ratios: Approximately 1:4 to 1:5
- Charting System: Epic
- Floating: Within your qualified skill set and, if needed, to nearby affiliated units
Medical-Surgical RN Job Requirements
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in Oregon or an eligible compact license in hand before the assignment start date
- At least 2 years of recent medical-surgical nursing experience
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Recent experience using Epic or a comparable electronic health record (EHR)
- Strong acute-care assessment, prioritization, medication administration, and clinical documentation skills
- Experience caring for adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients is preferred
- Competency with medical-surgical nursing skills, including telemetry, chest tubes, surgical drains, ports, peripheral lines, oxygen therapy, isolation precautions, patient-controlled analgesia, epidurals, and continuous bladder irrigation
- Willingness to work required weekends and three of five designated winter holidays when scheduled
Travel Nurse Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive nursing care for medical, oncology, and pre- and post-surgical patients, including urology, gynecology, abdominal, vascular, orthopedic, and pediatric surgical cases.
- Assess patients, develop and update individualized care plans, administer medications, and evaluate responses to treatment.
- Care for patients with chest tubes, surgical drains, epidurals, patient-controlled analgesia, heparin infusions, ports, and continuous bladder irrigation.
- Recognize changes in patient condition and appropriately utilize rapid-response and code-team resources.
- Complete admission, transfer, discharge, and patient education activities while promoting safe transitions of care.
- Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation services, pharmacy, radiology, social services, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
- Maintain accurate documentation in Epic and communicate effectively during nursing handoffs.
- Float between appropriately matched units as needed to support patient care and staffing requirements.
Apply now for this medical-surgical travel nursing opportunity in Medford, Oregon, and enjoy the outdoor recreation, welcoming community, and natural beauty of Southern Oregon’s Rogue Valley.
Benefits
401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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