Med Surg Travel Nurse Jobs in Texas

Fully. Texas is a compact state, so a multistate or compact license lets you work here with nothing to file. The only travelers who apply to the Texas board are those holding a single-state license, and for them the endorsement timeline is the first date to plan around. Everyone else moves straight to credentialing.

BLS is always required, and some units also require ACLS. Facilities typically expect one to two years of recent med-surg experience alongside the cards. Beyond that, requirements vary contract to contract, and your recruiter can verify the exact certification requirements for any job you're weighing.

Texas is a half dozen markets in one state, and each prices its own unit need, cost of living, and shift mix. Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Austin stipends track very different rents; a regional floor that has to fill can out-post any of them; and nights run above days everywhere. The live chart above ranks weekly pay by city. The details behind a given rate vary by facility and contract, and your recruiter will be able to answer those.

By picking a region, because the distances are real. Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth carry the deepest volume, San Antonio and Austin run their own busy markets, and regional hospitals across the state post steadily with less competition. The metros sit three to four hours apart or more, so a Texas contract is really a regional contract with a state license attached.