Travel Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse - $1,843 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Augusta, Georgia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 08/17/2026
• Duration: 12 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Aug 17, 2026
• Length: 12 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a Med/Surg position requiring Epic proficiency and charge RN experience, working nights on a 3x12 schedule.

Details

• Hospital Med/Surg unit setting with 32 rooms and an average daily census of 29 patients
• Adult to geriatric patient population with a broad range of Med/Surg diagnoses
• Patient ratio of 1:6
• Clinical skills utilized include isolation precautions, wound care/wound vac, nasal cannula, high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC), chest tubes, IV starts, PICC line management, blood product administration, and feeding tube care and management
• Telemetry/remote monitoring and use of rapid response/code teams may be required
• Charting via Epic (required) and Pyxis; SBAR communication standard
• Night shift: 3x12-hour shifts, 19:00–07:00
• Every other weekend required
• Floating within the facility and scope of practice as needed
• No on-call requirements

Requirements

• Active GA or Compact RN license required
• Current BLS required; ACLS and NIHSS certifications preferred
• Minimum 1 year of Med/Surg RN experience required
• Charge RN experience requested
• Community hospital experience preferred
• Epic charting experience required
• Proficiency in IV therapy/phlebotomy, PICC line management, blood product administration, HFNC, chest tubes, feeding tube management, and wound care/wound vac
• Copies of all required certifications needed for consideration
• Two supervisory references (manager level or above; charge nurse references not accepted) are highly preferred for consideration

Additional Information

• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates are accepted
• Navy blue scrubs required
• RTO maximum of 7 days per contract; all RTO must be finalized prior to offer — no RTO or schedule changes permitted after offer or upon arrival
• RTO blackout period: Spring Break (April 4–12)
• Holiday coverage policy: if 1–2 major holidays fall within the assignment period, travelers are expected to work all of them with no holiday RTO allowed; if 3 major holidays fall within the assignment period, travelers must work 2, with 1 holiday RTO request eligible for review
• Major holidays include Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving/Black Friday, Christmas Eve/Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve/New Year's Day
• RTO cannot be requested during the first week of the assignment
• Candidates who have previously worked at or applied to any Piedmont facility must have been away from all Piedmont locations for a full year before being eligible to apply as a traveler
• Travel pairs are not permitted to be assigned to the same shift on the same unit
• No alternate shift or schedule requests are permitted — the posted night shift is firm

American Traveler Job ID #P-732232. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - Med/Surg

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