1Live Med Surg RN Travel Jobs in Pennsylvania · August 7 700+ 5-Star Reviews

Med Surg Travel Nurse Jobs in Pennsylvania

Rank medical surgical travel nursing jobs in Pennsylvania by posted pay, then compare Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and the floors between.

Pick this next
Pick this next
Set location
Med Surg · Pennsylvania
1
live jobs
+1
new this week
Explore this market
Browse Med Surg jobs by state
Georgia 21 Illinois 18 North Carolina 17 Iowa 16 Kansas 15 Alabama 14 Texas 14
Jobs here move fast. Don’t miss the next match.

Drop your number and we’ll text you the moment a matching job opens.

    1 jobs updated today
    Sort by radius

    Pennsylvania floor use by facility setting

    Med Surg Travel Nurse Jobs in Pennsylvania can place travelers in Philadelphia academic systems, Pittsburgh referral centers, regional hospitals, and smaller community facilities. Facility setting changes the daily floor role more than the state label. Compare whether the unit serves broad medical admissions, postoperative patients, oncology, orthopedics, observation, telemetry, or a mixed inpatient population. Ask where admissions originate, how discharge work is organized, which services remain available overnight, and where nurses float when census changes. Rural and mid-state facilities may rely on wider transfer coordination, while larger systems can separate specialty teams and consultation resources. Choose the contract whose patient mix and support model resemble your recent practice.

    Live market data

    Review live Pennsylvania assignment variables

    Updated today

    Compare weekly pay with facility type, shift, floor scope, float rules, and the support described in each posting.

    1 Med Surg contract is open in Pennsylvania right now, with +1 added in the last 7 days and 1 already filled. Open postings have been live about 2 days on average.

    1
    Open Med Surg jobs
    2 days
    Median time active
    +1
    Added last 7 days
    NLC
    Pennsylvania 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)
    146,520
    Pennsylvania RNs employed statewide, employment count not license count (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
    11,970
    Projected Pennsylvania 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.

    Pennsylvania Med Surg capacity and use

    Pennsylvania's 2024 hospital report provides direct statewide Medical/Surgical operating measures. Report 2-A lists 18,480 beds set up and staffed for Medical/Surgical care in 2024 and 4,525,105 days of Medical/Surgical inpatient care in 2024. Staffed beds describe operating capacity at the reporting point, while patient days total care delivered across the year, so the figures should not be treated as the same measure. They are statewide aggregates, not a ratio, census, or workload guarantee for one assignment. Use them to sharpen the interview: ask how the offered floor's daily census compares with its staffed capacity, when admissions and discharges cluster, whether observation or telemetry patients share staff, where travelers float, and what hospitalist, respiratory, pharmacy, and transfer support remains on the scheduled shift.

    State totals may be affected by missing facility data; occupancy was not used.
    Good to know

    Pennsylvania Med Surg Travel Jobs: Get Oriented

    How soon could a Med Surg contract in Pennsylvania actually start?
    For compact nurses, as soon as the hospital's credentialing wraps; Pennsylvania fully joined the compact in July 2025, so a multistate license with compact-state residence adds no state wait. If that's not you, the endorsement application through the state board leads your timeline. The membership is recent, so double-check anything you read that was written before mid-2025.
    What do Pennsylvania Med Surg hospitals require of travelers?
    BLS, and some Pennsylvania units also require ACLS. One to two years of recent med-surg experience is what's expected underneath. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh systems can layer on their own requirements, and your recruiter is the one to verify the exact list on each contract.
    What explains the range in Pennsylvania Med Surg rates?
    Unit need, cost of living, and shift, working at different strengths by market. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh stipends track metro prices; the Lehigh Valley, central, and northeastern markets run cheaper, and their floors post premiums when they need to fill; nights add to any base. The chart above carries the live weekly pay by city. What's built into a given offer varies by facility and contract, and your recruiter can take you through a real one line by line.
    Where's the Med Surg volume in Pennsylvania?
    Philadelphia and its suburbs first, Pittsburgh second, and then a genuinely deep bench: the Lehigh Valley, central Pennsylvania, and the northeast all post regularly, and they're less fought-over, with community hospitals across the state adding more. The east and west metros are five hours apart, so pick a side to search; Pennsylvania is two states wearing one name for a traveler.
    Med Surg RN travel jobs in top states
    Pennsylvania nursing jobs by specialty
    Top cities for Med Surg assignments
    Pennsylvania & Med Surg pay and licensing
    More Med Surg travel nurse job pages in Pennsylvania