
Med/Surg Tele | Registered Nurse
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Madison, WI
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Sep 23, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $59.17
- Weekly
- $2,130
- Yearly (full-time)
- $110,760
- Contract length
- 13 weeks
- Start date
- 10/12/2026
This job pays about $59.17/hour — 29% above the median for Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Wisconsin ($45.93/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 Wisconsin right now
- 911 open Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Wisconsin from 7 agencies, 267 of them in Madison.
- Pay in these listings: $19.84 – $196/hour, median $63.28/hour.
- Typical Registered Nurse (RN) pay in Wisconsin: $45.93/hour ($95,534/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: Care Team Solutions ($70.01/hour across 3 jobs).
Job description
Travel Med-Surg Telemetry Registered Nurse Job in Madison, Wisconsin
Join a fast-paced medical-surgical telemetry nursing team in Madison, WI. Madison, Wisconsin 53792 offers a welcoming community and a vibrant city setting, making it a great place to live and work while contributing to high-quality patient care. This travel Registered Nurse opportunity is ideal for an experienced Med/Surg Tele RN who enjoys delivering high-quality, patient-centered care to adult and geriatric patients in an acute care, teaching-hospital environment.
Job Details
- Position: Travel Med/Surg Tele Registered Nurse
- Employment Type: Travel Nursing
- Setting: Acute care medical-surgical telemetry unit
- Location: Madison, WI 53792
- Start Date: 10/12/2026
- End Date: 1/11/2027
- Contract Duration: 13 weeks
- Hours Per Week: 36
- Shift Duration: 12-hour rotating shifts
- Shift Schedule: Days and nights; every other weekend rotation; holidays as needed
- Orientation: 20 hours
- Estimated Weekly Pay: $2,130 - $2,250
- Float Requirement: Required as needed to similar units
Job Requirements
- Active Wisconsin RN license or compact RN license
- Current BLS certification from AHA
- Minimum 2 years of acute care Registered Nurse experience within the last 3 years
- Telemetry nursing experience required
- Epic charting experience required
- Must pass a telemetry exam prior to start
- Travel nursing experience required
- Ability to care for adult and geriatric patient populations
Responsibilities
- Provide safe, compassionate, patient-centered nursing care in a medical-surgical telemetry environment
- Monitor cardiac rhythms and respond appropriately to changes in patient condition
- Administer medications and manage therapies including blood products, insulin drips, and IV protocols as ordered
- Perform central line, PICC line, and peripheral line care and management
- Support oxygen administration and non-invasive airway management
- Use strong clinical judgment to recognize dysrhythmias and escalate concerns quickly
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams including respiratory therapy, pharmacy, IV teams, and rapid response resources
- Float to like units as needed to support patient care
- Maintain accurate documentation in Epic and uphold professional standards in a teaching-hospital environment
Apply now for this Wisconsin travel nursing job in Madison and join a collaborative acute care healthcare team today.
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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