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Med Surg Travel Nurse Jobs in Georgia

Size up medical surgical travel nursing jobs in Georgia across Atlanta academic floors, regional hospitals, and the coast, with pay posted.

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    Georgia floor market differences

    Med Surg Travel Nurse Jobs in Georgia cross several markets with very different floor structures. Atlanta area systems can divide patients across specialty units, while regional hospitals may expect travelers to handle broader medical surgical and observation flow. Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Rome, and Albany can each change the mix of postoperative recovery, chronic disease management, and transfer patterns. Before you compare contracts, read beyond the floor name. Ask whether telemetry is part of the assignment, whether observation patients share the unit, how charge support works, and whether travelers float between general medicine, surgery, ortho, oncology, or stepdown adjacent beds.

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    Live Georgia floor market view

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    Use active listings to compare city, shift, unit notes, facility type, and float language before ranking contracts.

    23 Med Surg contracts are open in Georgia right now, with +10 added in the last 7 days and 10 already filled. Open postings have been live about 11 days on average.

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    Open Med Surg jobs
    11 days
    Median time active
    +10
    Added last 7 days
    NLC
    Georgia 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)
    100,950
    Georgia RNs employed statewide, employment count not license count (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
    25,110
    Projected Georgia 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 · Georgia

    Weekly pay comparisons by Georgia city

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    Georgia weekly pay can shift with city, facility, shift, float requirements, service line, and assignment urgency.

    Highest weekly pay · Med Surg
    Thomasville
    $2,235
    Augusta
    $1,923
    Atlanta
    $1,839
    Johns Creek
    $1,823
    Lithonia
    $1,823
    Decatur
    $1,822
    Austell
    $1,777
    Marietta
    $1,777

    Compare Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Macon, Rome, and Albany postings by unit notes as well as weekly pay.

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

    Georgia Medical Surgical capacity and use

    Georgia's 2025 Annual Hospital Questionnaires show two distinct facility-level Med Surg measures. Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital reported 286 Medical/Surgical beds set up and staffed for 2025. Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center reported 16,343 Medical/Surgical discharges during 2025. Neither figure is a statewide total, and the two measures should not be compared as if they describe the same workload. They do show why a traveler should verify whether a posting belongs to a broad general floor, a specialty medical or postoperative unit, or a mixed service with telemetry or observation patients. Ask how admissions and discharges are distributed across shifts, which services own the beds, where patients move when acuity changes, and whether travelers float between distinct floor types. The 2025 facility filings are useful for setting context, but the interview must define the actual unit, patient mix, and support structure.

    Both figures are single facility reports from the 2025 AHQ, not statewide Med Surg capacity or demand.

    Georgia facility examples for Med Surg

    Facility cards reflect live or recent postings and may change as contracts close, so use them as examples rather than a complete market list.

    WellStar - Kennestone Hospital Magnet

    633 beds · Marietta, GA

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery NICU

    Part of WellStar, a 633-bed teaching hospital in Marietta, GA, with Level I trauma care, comprehensive stroke care, and ECMO.

    WellStar - Cobb Hospital Level III Trauma

    Austell, GA

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery NICU

    A hospital in Austell, GA, known for Level III trauma care, a verified burn center, and a Level III NICU.

    Grady Memorial Hospital Level I Trauma

    953 beds · Atlanta, GA

    Hiring now ER ICU NICU Operating Room

    A 953-bed teaching hospital in Atlanta, GA, providing comprehensive stroke care and a verified burn center.

    Emory - University Hospital - Midtown Magnet

    529 beds · Atlanta, GA

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    A Magnet hospital in Atlanta, Emory Midtown offers a Level III NICU, primary stroke care, and maternity and newborn services.

    Emory - University Hospital Magnet

    853 beds · Atlanta, GA

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Emory's Atlanta flagship holds Magnet status and Georgia's #1 U.S. News ranking, anchoring transplant and comprehensive stroke programs.

    Doctors Hospital Augusta Level II Trauma

    354 beds · Augusta, GA

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Home to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center, the nation's largest, this 354-bed Augusta hospital is also a Level II trauma center.

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    Georgia Med Surg Travel Jobs: The Short Course

    Is Georgia a compact state for travel nurses?
    Yes. Georgia joined NCSBN's implemented compact list in January 2018, so a multistate license from the compact state you live in authorizes the contract. Nurses living elsewhere apply by endorsement. Legal authority is the first gate; the Georgia partner facility owns the second, running its own credentialing while Advantis Medical carries the employment, with telemetry preferred on monitored floors.
    How can I tell whether a Georgia job is Med Surg or Med Surg telemetry?
    A telemetry posting names rhythm monitoring or cardiac patients; a general Med Surg posting centers on broader inpatient and postoperative care. Georgia listings use both titles, and some floors hold both patient groups. The difference decides your competency requirements and your monitoring duties, which makes it worth more attention than the hospital's name or size.
    How many more nurses will Georgia need?
    HRSA's Nurse Workforce Projections put Georgia's gap at about 25,110 full time registered nurses by 2038. It models supply and demand across all employers, not open contracts, and a 2038 horizon means the estimate gets revised as inputs change. Read it as direction of demand, not as evidence about any Georgia floor.
    What is the fastest way to compare Georgia Med Surg contracts?
    Use the city filter to separate Atlanta from Savannah, Augusta, Macon, and southwest Georgia, since regional hospitals and metro systems build floors differently. Add shift and contract length, then compare the facility and unit notes on the listings you shortlist. Filtering narrows the field; the posting's description of the unit decides fit.