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Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical-Surgical (Med/Surg)
$2,700 – $4,000per week
St. Helena, CA
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Travel nursing means taking a fixed term contract at a facility away from home, usually because they are short staffed and need someone who can work independently from the first shift. You keep your own license, you are paid for the assignment, and when it ends you decide where to go next.
Fixed term. Your choice of where next.Find the assignment that works for you.
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How a travel contract works
Length
Usually 8–12 weeks. Shorter crisis contracts exist and pay differently.
Extensions
Common when an assignment is going well and the facility still needs cover. You are not obliged to accept one.
Guaranteed hours
Most contracts guarantee a number of hours per week. Ask what happens if the unit cancels a shift, because that varies more than the headline rate does.
Cancellation
Either side can end a contract. What matters is the notice period and how quickly you are found something else, and both should be agreed before you accept.
Home away from home
Housing and getting there
Two things are worth understanding before you choose. Agency placed housing removes the work of finding somewhere but gives you less control over where and what. A stipend gives you the choice and the risk, and it only stretches as far as local rents allow, which varies enormously between assignments.
How housing money is treated for tax.Who travel contracts are open to
The bar is set by the facility, not by us, and 1 to 3 years is what most of them ask for. The reason is simple arithmetic: they are short now, so they need someone billing from the first week rather than shadowing for a month.
Nursing, therapy and allied health all travel. So do surgical technologists, imaging technologists and pharmacists, and the arrangement works the same way for each of them.
Working in another state
You need to be licensed in the state where the facility is. Nurses in compact member states can use a multistate license. Therapists, technologists and pharmacists each work to their own board, and processing times range from a fortnight to a full quarter.
Start the application before you choose an assignment rather than after. A license in progress is what usually decides whether you can take a contract that starts in four weeks.
What a first assignment is actually like
The first contract is the one people find hardest, and it is rarely the clinical work that makes it hard.
Orientation is short
Often a day or two. You are there because they are short, not because they have time to train.
Everything is unfamiliar at once
Different charting system, different supply room, different escalation path. Ask early rather than at the point you need it.
You will be floated
Travellers usually float before staff do. Your contract should say which units, and it should only be units where you have demonstrated competency.
Paperwork starts early
Credentialing, licensure and compliance take longer than most people plan for. Start before you have chosen the assignment, not after.
Plan the next move
What happens between contracts
The part nobody explains is the gap. A contract ends, the next one starts three weeks later, and in between you are not being paid.
Start looking early
Submissions for your next assignment usually go out six to eight weeks before your current one ends, not after it.
Licenses expire and lapse
A license you stopped renewing is slower to reinstate than one you kept. The same applies to certifications and immunisation records.
Extending is usually easier
If the facility still needs cover and the assignment is going well, extending avoids the gap entirely and there is no new credentialing.
Tell us before you need us
A recruiter who knows your plans in advance can line the next contract up. One who finds out when you call is starting from nothing.
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Frequently asked questions
What is travel nursing?
Travel nursing is taking a fixed term contract at a facility away from home, usually because they are short staffed. You remain licensed in your own name, you are paid for the assignment, and at the end of it you choose whether to extend, move on, or stop.
How long is a travel nursing contract?
8–12 weeks is typical. Shorter crisis contracts exist and pay differently, and extensions are common when an assignment is going well.
Do you provide housing?
[ housing answer ]
How much experience do I need to take a travel contract?
Usually 1 to 3 years, though it varies by facility and by how urgently they need cover. A unit that is desperate will sometimes take less experience than its own advert asks for.
What happens if a contract is cancelled early?
[ cancellation answer: what notice applies, what the nurse is owed, and what we do to find a replacement contract ]
Can I bring a partner, a child or a pet?
Often yes, but it changes the housing arrangement and it needs to be agreed before you accept a contract rather than after. Tell your recruiter at the start.
Tell us where you want to go
Pick the states, tell us the specialty, and we will tell you what is open.