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Med Surg Travel Nurse Jobs in Indiana

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    Indiana floor experience expectations

    Med Surg Travel Nurse Jobs in Indiana reward nurses who can explain exactly what they managed on recent shifts. Large Indianapolis campuses may divide medicine, surgery, oncology, observation, and telemetry across specialized teams, while smaller hospitals can blend broad adult care with swing-bed or transfer responsibilities. Compare your recent patient mix, monitoring skills, admission flow, and discharge work with the posted unit. Ask whether observation patients share staff, who manages patients awaiting transfer, how telemetry is handled, and what hospitalist, pharmacy, respiratory, and charge support remain overnight. The strongest fit comes from matching verified recent competencies to the actual floor, not the job title.

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    Indiana openings by inpatient setting

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    Use live listings to compare shift, city, dedicated or combined unit scope, and float expectations.

    14 Med Surg contracts are open in Indiana right now, with +4 added in the last 7 days and 3 already filled. Open postings have been live about 16 days on average.

    14
    Open Med Surg jobs
    16 days
    Median time active
    +4
    Added last 7 days
    NLC
    Indiana 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)
    68,980
    Indiana RNs employed statewide, employment count not license count (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
    5,000
    Additional nurses Indiana is projected to need by 2031, hospital association projection (Indiana Hospital Association)

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

    Pay by city · Med Surg · Indiana

    Indiana weekly pay across hospital markets

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    Review live weekly pay by city with facility type, shift, combined-unit scope, floating, and assignment urgency.

    Highest weekly pay · Med Surg
    Jasper
    $2,181
    Indianapolis
    $2,046
    Evansville
    $2,034
    Newburgh
    $2,034
    Anderson
    $2,020
    Avon
    $1,994
    Fort Wayne
    $1,993
    Lafayette
    $1,979

    Compare contract details behind Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, and regional listings before judging the city alone.

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

    Indiana Med Surg capacity at two scales

    Indiana state hospital reports show how the same specialty can operate at sharply different scales. IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis reported 623 beds set up for Medical/Surgical care in 2024. IU Health Paoli Hospital reported 18 beds set up for Medical/Surgical care in 2024. These are facility-reported set-up beds, not staffed-bed guarantees, occupancy measures, or current traveler demand. Methodist's scale makes service-line placement, resident and specialist coverage, observation ownership, and monitored-care boundaries important interview topics. Paoli's report also records observation and swing-bed activity, which makes patient status, transfer processes, and cross coverage central to the assignment discussion. Ask where admissions originate, which patients remain locally, how telemetry is handled, where travelers float, and what support remains overnight. The facility scale should frame the questions, while the manager defines the actual unit.

    Set-up beds are facility-reported capacity, not staffed beds or current assignment counts.

    Indiana facility examples by inpatient model

    Facility cards show live or recent listings and may change; confirm whether each example is a dedicated or combined floor.

    Ascension St. Vincent - Anderson Level III Trauma

    Anderson, IN

    Hiring now ER Labor and Delivery NICU Oncology

    A hospital in Anderson, IN, known for Level III trauma care, cardiac catheterization, and maternity services.

    Ascension St. Vincent - Indianapolis Acute Level I Trauma

    840 beds · Indianapolis, IN

    Hiring now Cath Lab ER ICU Labor and Delivery

    Based in Indianapolis, IN, an 840-bed teaching hospital with Level I trauma care, comprehensive stroke care, and transplant services.

    Deaconess Midtown Hospital Magnet

    237 beds · Evansville, IN

    Hiring now Med Surg ER Operating Room

    The anchor and largest hospital of Deaconess Health System, this 237-bed Magnet center in Evansville, IN, is a Level II trauma center.

    Deaconess Gateway Hospital

    250 beds · Newburgh, IN

    Hiring now Med Surg Labor and Delivery Oncology Operating Room

    A 250-bed hospital serving Newburgh, IN, with robotic surgery, cardiac catheterization, and maternity and newborn care.

    IU Health - West Hospital Magnet

    Avon, IN

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    In Avon, Indiana, IU Health West is Magnet with Distinction, offering maternity care, a cardiac cath lab, and a primary stroke center.

    Franciscan Health - Indianapolis USN #2 IN '26

    Indianapolis, IN

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Ranked #1 in Indianapolis and #2 statewide by U.S. News, Franciscan Health pairs a thrombectomy-capable stroke center with structural heart care.

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    Indiana Med Surg Travel Jobs: Know Before You Go

    Is Indiana a compact state for travel nurses?
    It is. Indiana recognizes a multistate or compact license with nothing to file, which makes licensing the easy part of an Indiana search for most travelers. Holding a single-state license instead means applying to the Indiana board by endorsement, and that timeline becomes your earliest start date, so get it moving before you compare floors.
    What certs and experience do Indiana Med Surg floors want?
    BLS is always required, and some Indiana units also require ACLS. The steady expectation underneath is one to two years of recent med-surg work. Every facility words its requirements a little differently, which is exactly why they're framed as expectations and not promises; your recruiter can confirm the exact requirements on any contract.
    What makes one Indiana Med Surg contract pay more than another?
    Mostly unit need, with cost of living and shift close behind. A floor that's been hard to fill in Fort Wayne or Evansville often prices above Indianapolis to compete for the same traveler; stipends track each city's living costs; and nights add their usual premium. The live chart above shows weekly pay by city. Whatever sits beyond the weekly rate varies by facility and contract; save those questions for your recruiter.
    Where are Indiana's Med Surg openings concentrated?
    Indianapolis carries the largest share by a wide margin, with Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Evansville anchoring their corners of the state. Regional hospitals between them post consistently and compete less. Indiana's compact enough that relocating between markets is realistic, but most travelers still pick one metro orbit per contract.