Registered Nurse

Prisma Health Richland

Columbia, South Carolina

Prisma Health Richland is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.

Eligibility: ICU

Posted Aug 1

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour nights3 shifts · 36 hours a week
Unit and setting: ICU · Hospital
License: RN license
Term: 13 weeks · starts Aug 17, 2026 · Travel

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Against similar roles: In range for South Carolina travel rolesSouth Carolina travel postings that state pay run $41/hr to $59/hr, the middle half $46/hr to $54/hr, across 100 postings.

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Meda Health is looking for an ICU RN to work a travel assignment in an acute care hospital setting. Must have at least two years of experience, state licensure and BLS/ACLS (at minimum). Competitive and Transparent Pay. Health, Vision, Dental, Life insurance benefits start immediately.

What's around it?

In Columbia, SC

Columbia, SCFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 6% below the US average

Median rent: $1,204/mo
Household income: $55,529/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Columbia, SC

NeighborhoodsForest Acres is Niche’s 2026 #1 Columbia-area suburb (A+ overall, population 10,530): lively, with stores and restaurants, used by singles, professionals, and families (median home $186,900). Lexington (#2, A+ public schools, population 24,585, median $174,900) and Irmo (#3, lakeside and budget-friendlier at $123,600, peaceful neighbors) plus Chapin are the Lake Murray family defaults; Seven Oaks ($136,100) is another green, school-oriented option. Reddit locals point to the Avenues in Cayce/West Columbia for commute ease and nicer streets. In-town, Shandon, Heathwood, and Elmwood Park are tree-lined bungalows and Victorians near Five Points; Blythewood (~20 minutes north, median $265,100) is large-lot bungalows, contemporaries, and ranches for people willing to drive.

Forest Acres is Niche’s 2026 #1 Columbia-area suburb (A+ overall, population 10,530): lively, with stores and restaurants, used by singles, professionals, and families (median home $186,900). Lexington (#2, A+ public schools, population 24,585, median $174,900) and Irmo (#3, lakeside and budget-friendlier at $123,600, peaceful neighbors) plus Chapin are the Lake Murray family defaults; Seven Oaks ($136,100) is another green, school-oriented option.

Reddit locals point to the Avenues in Cayce/West Columbia for commute ease and nicer streets. In-town, Shandon, Heathwood, and Elmwood Park are tree-lined bungalows and Victorians near Five Points; Blythewood (~20 minutes north, median $265,100) is large-lot bungalows, contemporaries, and ranches for people willing to drive.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: niche.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: garonteam.com Source 6: quora.com

Getting aroundColumbia is car-dependent (Walk Score 35, Bike Score 35, Transit Score 0); the COMET bus runs but coverage is sparse, so owning a car is treated as necessary. Reddit locals flag the Avenues in Cayce and West Columbia as the best bet for an easier drive plus decent neighborhoods. Blythewood is about 20 minutes north of the city; Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) is about 20 minutes from downtown. Healthcare is a major local employer (Prisma Health among others), but sources describe daily life as driving, parking, and mixed development—not hospital-adjacent transit.

Columbia is car-dependent (Walk Score 35, Bike Score 35, Transit Score 0); the COMET bus runs but coverage is sparse, so owning a car is treated as necessary. Reddit locals flag the Avenues in Cayce and West Columbia as the best bet for an easier drive plus decent neighborhoods.

Blythewood is about 20 minutes north of the city; Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) is about 20 minutes from downtown. Healthcare is a major local employer (Prisma Health among others), but sources describe daily life as driving, parking, and mixed development—not hospital-adjacent transit.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: garonteam.com Source 4: discoversouthcarolina.com Source 5: extraspace.com Source 6: rent.com

OutdoorsCongaree National Park, 20–30 minutes southeast, is old-growth bottomland forest with boardwalk hikes, canoeing/kayaking, and birding (check flood conditions). In town, the Columbia Canal and Riverfront Park Trail (flat, 3–7 mile options), Riverfront Park, and the Gervais Street Bridge cover daily walks and skyline views; Riverbanks Zoo & Garden and Sesquicentennial State Park (trails, lake, cabins) are the family defaults. Lake Murray shapes weekends out of Irmo, Lexington, and Chapin. Blythewood adds Doko Meadows Park’s 2,500-seat amphitheater, Blythewood Park, and Cobblestone Park Golf Club (golf, pool, pickleball).

Congaree National Park, 20–30 minutes southeast, is old-growth bottomland forest with boardwalk hikes, canoeing/kayaking, and birding (check flood conditions). In town, the Columbia Canal and Riverfront Park Trail (flat, 3–7 mile options), Riverfront Park, and the Gervais Street Bridge cover daily walks and skyline views; Riverbanks Zoo & Garden and Sesquicentennial State Park (trails, lake, cabins) are the family defaults.

Lake Murray shapes weekends out of Irmo, Lexington, and Chapin. Blythewood adds Doko Meadows Park’s 2,500-seat amphitheater, Blythewood Park, and Cobblestone Park Golf Club (golf, pool, pickleball).

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: discoversouthcarolina.com Source 3: quora.com Source 4: reddit.com

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Living in Columbia

Columbia is a car-dependent capital where healthcare, state government, USC, and Fort Jackson anchor the job market, and housing still undercuts most coastal South Carolina cities. Nurses typically land in Forest Acres (lively shops and restaurants, Niche’s 2026 #1 suburb), Lexington or Irmo for Lake Murray and A+ schools, the Avenues in Cayce/West Columbia for a shorter drive, or Blythewood twenty minutes north for large lots and Blythewood High. Downtown’s Vista on Gervais Street, Five Points, and Shandon bungalows offer walkable food and Gamecocks energy; Soda City Market takes over Main Street on Saturdays. Outdoors run from the Columbia Canal trail and Riverbanks Zoo to Congaree National Park’s old-growth boardwalk and lake weekends. Expect high-90s humid summers, sparse COMET bus service (Walk Score 35), vehicle personal-property taxes, and city crime cited well above the national average—reasons most families skip the urban core for Lexington, Chapin, or Blythewood even when they work in town.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: niche.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: garonteam.com Source 5: discoversouthcarolina.com Source 6: quora.com Source 7: extraspace.com Source 8: rent.com

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Columbia, SCFrom Census ACS 2024.