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Med Surg Travel Nurse Jobs in Colorado

Sort medical surgical travel nursing jobs in Colorado by compact eligibility and city, comparing Denver to mountain-town floors on pay.

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    Choose the Colorado Floor, Not Just the City

    Med Surg Travel Nurse Jobs in Colorado require a choice between established floors, expanding campuses, and smaller regional hospitals. Start by identifying the unit you would actually join, not just the health system on the listing. Along the Front Range, a role may be on a general medical floor, a postoperative service, or a combined Med Surg and telemetry unit, while mountain and rural hospitals can depend more heavily on transfer coordination. Compare orientation, admission sources, float zones, hospitalist coverage, respiratory support, and the process for moving higher acuity patients. Ask whether recent construction or unit changes have altered staffing or workflows. That decision work helps match the assignment to your current experience and tolerance for change.

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    8 Med Surg contracts are open in Colorado right now, with +8 added in the last 7 days and 3 already filled. Open postings have been live about 1 day on average.

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    Median time active
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    Added last 7 days
    NLC
    Colorado participates in the Nurse Licensure Compact, multistate RN licenses recognized (NCSBN)
    Why demand stays strong
    8%
    Projected national RN shortage for 2028, easing to 3% by 2038 (HRSA Nurse Workforce Projections)
    54,490
    Colorado RNs employed statewide, employment count not license count (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
    4,250
    Projected Colorado RN shortage in full time RNs by 2038, long term projection not current openings (HRSA)

    Live counts from the jobs feed, updated daily. Demand figures from public workforce data, sources noted with each figure.

    Pay by city · Med Surg · Colorado

    City Level Pay Context for Colorado

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    Use live city results to compare weekly pay with facility setting, shift, floating, and the unit you would join.

    Highest weekly pay · Med Surg
    Delta
    $2,264
    Englewood
    $2,060
    Thornton
    $1,923
    Denver
    $1,645

    Front Range and mountain locations can represent different transfer roles, so weigh the floor details with the city figure.

    Weekly pay reflects current open Advantis contracts — marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage.

    Colorado Projects Add Med Surg Capacity

    Colorado hospital project plans show how Med Surg capacity may change along the Front Range, but the figures are not current staffed-bed totals. In its 2026 hospital financial transparency report, HCPF describes a UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies project planned with 72 Med Surg beds in the initial tower buildout. The report also lists a UCHealth Memorial Hospital expansion project expected to add 40 med/surg beds. These hospital-reported plans do not establish completion dates, current occupancy, staffing, or contract availability. For travelers, the useful distinction is whether the offered unit is established, newly opened, or still being reconfigured. Ask which project phase applies to the actual floor, how orientation is handled, whether core staffing is stable, where telemetry patients are placed, and which units receive floats. Compare the current operating model described by the manager rather than assuming planned capacity is already in service.

    Project figures describe planned capacity reported by hospitals, not current staffed beds or contract availability.

    Colorado Facility Examples and Unit Change

    Facility examples reflect live or recent listings and may change. Compare the actual unit, project phase, transfer role, and service line rather than treating the examples as exhaustive.

    HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center Level I Trauma

    504 beds · Englewood, CO

    Hiring now Cath Lab ER ICU Oncology

    Part of HCA, a 504-bed teaching hospital in Englewood, CO, with Level I trauma care, comprehensive stroke care, and structural heart care.

    HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge Level II Trauma

    180 beds · Thornton, CO

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery NICU

    Mountain Ridge holds Adams County's only Level II trauma center, and its Thornton birth center pairs deliveries with a NICU for higher-risk newborns.

    Rose Medical Center Magnet

    422 beds · Denver, CO

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Denver's “Baby Hospital,” Rose Medical Center is Magnet-recognized and delivers more babies than any other in the city.

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    Colorado Med Surg Travel Jobs: Quick Orientation

    Did Colorado join the compact?
    Years ago, yes. Colorado's a compact state, so a multistate or compact license covers Med Surg work here with nothing to file. If yours is single-state, the Colorado endorsement application comes first and the board's pace sets your earliest start. That's the whole licensing story; the rest of your prep can go toward the search itself.
    What certifications do Colorado Med Surg jobs ask for?
    BLS is always required, and some units also require ACLS. Most facilities want one to two years of recent med-surg experience alongside the cards, weighted toward how current it is. Your recruiter can verify each contract's exact certification requirements, which beats guessing from the outside.
    What moves Med Surg pay around Colorado?
    Unit need, cost of living, and shift, and the Front Range concentrates all three. Denver-area stipends track metro rents, mountain and rural hospitals pay what it takes to pull travelers out of the corridor, and nights run above days statewide. Several campuses are also adding med-surg beds, which keeps the need side active. The chart above shows live weekly pay by city.
    How different are Colorado's markets for a traveler?
    Two states in one, practically. The Front Range, from Fort Collins through Denver and Aurora to Colorado Springs, holds most of the systems, housing options, and volume. The mountain and rural markets run smaller floors, longer drives, and often stronger rates. Housing tightens fast in resort areas, so line up the apartment as early as the contract if you head west of the corridor.