
Med/Surg Tele | Registered Nurse
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Cleveland, OH
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Oct 12, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $67.22
- Weekly
- $2,420
- Yearly (full-time)
- $125,840
- Contract length
- 13 weeks
- Start date
- November 13, 2026
This job pays about $67.22/hour — 69% above the median for Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Ohio ($39.67/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 Ohio right now
- 1,785 open Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Ohio from 6 agencies, 441 of them in Cleveland.
- Pay in these listings: $14.59 – $196/hour, median $55.28/hour.
- Typical Registered Nurse (RN) pay in Ohio: $39.67/hour ($82,514/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: MAS Medical Staffing ($80.00/hour across 7 jobs).
Job description
Med/Surg Tele Registered Nurse (RN) – Travel Contract in Cleveland, Ohio
Join a dedicated acute-care nursing team as an on-site Medical-Surgical Telemetry Travel Registered Nurse in Cleveland, Ohio. This Ohio travel nursing opportunity is ideal for a compassionate, clinically skilled RN who enjoys caring for diverse medical-surgical and telemetry patients in a collaborative hospital environment. Cleveland offers a vibrant healthcare community, cultural attractions, waterfront recreation, and convenient access to year-round amenities.
Travel Nursing Job Details
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
- Specialty: Medical-Surgical Telemetry (Med/Surg Tele)
- Employment Type: Travel nursing contract
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,360–$2,480
- Start Date: November 13, 2026
- Contract Duration: 13 weeks, ending February 12, 2027
- Schedule: 36 hours per week; three 12-hour shifts
- Shift: Rotating days and nights; approximately 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m.
- Work Setting: On-site hospital-based acute care
- Additional Scheduling Information: Shift assignments may rotate based on operational needs. Travelers should be prepared to work at least every other holiday.
Med/Surg Tele Registered Nurse Requirements
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in Ohio or an active compact-state license in hand at the time of submission
- At least 1 year of recent permanent experience in medical-surgical telemetry nursing
- Active BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications from an accepted provider
- Strong telemetry knowledge and ECG rhythm-recognition skills
- Ability to successfully complete required ECG rhythm-recognition and medication-safety assessments during orientation
- Recent professional reference from a manager, assistant nurse manager, supervisor, or director within the specialty
- Ability to meet hospital credentialing, background-screening, and onboarding requirements
- Adaptability to float to other units, including designated medical-surgical areas and the emergency department, when caring for the same patient population
Medical-Surgical Telemetry RN Responsibilities
- Deliver safe, evidence-based nursing care to adult medical-surgical and telemetry patients
- Assess patients, develop and update individualized plans of care, and evaluate clinical outcomes
- Monitor cardiac rhythms and promptly recognize and escalate changes in patient condition
- Administer medications and treatments safely while following established clinical protocols
- Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, therapists, case managers, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team
- Provide patient and family education related to diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, and discharge needs
- Accurately document assessments, interventions, and patient responses in the electronic medical record
- Float to comparable units as needed to support continuity of care and hospital operations
Apply now for this Medical-Surgical Telemetry Registered Nurse travel contract in Cleveland, Ohio, and join a collaborative acute-care healthcare team.
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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