What are the responsibilities and job description for the Med Surg Travel Nurse position at Advantis Medical Staffing?
This Med Surg travel nurse position in Hilo, Hawaii, with Advantis Medical is a 15-week Travel Med Surg Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Hilo Medical Center. This role pays $1,957 per week and follows a Days shift with a 3x12 schedule.
As the Med Surg registered nurse on this assignment, you'll prioritize care across a varied medical-surgical caseload, administer ordered medications and treatments, educate patients and families, and manage admissions, discharges, and safe care transitions.
Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits.
Responsibilities
- Manage a varied caseload of patients with acute and chronic medical-surgical conditions, including postoperative care when assigned
- Perform thorough assessments and monitor for changes in condition, escalating concerns promptly
- Administer medications, IV therapy, and treatments as ordered
- Coordinate admissions, discharges, and transfers with the interdisciplinary care team
Travel Nursing Requirements:
- 2 years of recent Med Surg nursing experience
- Active Hawaii RN License
Hilo Benioff Medical Center — Hilo, HI
Hilo Benioff is the Big Island's main hospital — a 157-bed community and regional center where RNs carry a broad med/surg, emergency, and critical-care load far from any larger facility.
- A Level III trauma center with Hawaii's second-busiest emergency department (28 beds); the state's only Level I, Queen's in Honolulu, takes the most severe trauma, so Hilo stabilizes and transfers.
- The only hospital in Hawaii with two AACN Beacon Award units — its ICU and Progressive Care Unit — in place of Magnet.
- An Advanced Primary Stroke Center with dedicated trauma, heart-attack, and stroke activation teams.
- 250 clinicians across 30-plus specialties and a nine-clinic network — generalist breadth for travelers.
- Part of the public Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.
Benefits:
Day One Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(k),Relocation and Travel Reimbursement,Dedicated team to help with state licensing & renewals,Weekly Direct Deposit,$1,000 Referral Bonus $250 Bonus for Your ReferralSalary : $1,957