Hire now : LPN Med Surg at Carlsbad, NM - Weekly gross: $1,677.00/36 hours (Night shifts)

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Carlsbad, New Mexico

Posted Aug 13

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour nights3 shifts · 36 hours a week
Unit and setting: Med-Surg · Hospital
License: LPN licenseNM or Compact state license required
Term: 13 weeks · Travel

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License: NM or Compact state license required Check your license
Certification: AHA BLS & IV certification required
Certification: We are a Joint Commission Certified agency who knows you are more than a healthcare worker....
Experience: 1+ year of experience as LPN Med surg/Rehab required
Experience: You work hard, and you deserve an exceptional travel healthcare experience.
Experience: With years of experience in healthcare staffing, we're ready to find the perfect assignment and destination for you.
Also asks: Floating required: within scope of practice and clinical competency = Rehab and Med/Surg
Also asks: 60-mile radius rule
Also asks: If you are interested, please reach out at piyush.s@avanihealthstaff.com or call or text at 585-310-0541
Also asks: Welcome to Avani Healthcare Staffing...where YOU matter!
Also asks: Avani Healthcare Staffing makes it happen!
Also asks: YOU are person.
Also asks: That's what makes us different from other healthcare stafing companies; we focus on you.
Also asks: We make it our mission to keep the process simple and to put the right people in the right places at the right time.

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Also stated: $47/hr
Overtime pay: $55/hr

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LPN Med Surg ($1,677.00/36 hours/13-week assignment/12 hours shift/ Night shift)

Carlsbad, NM 88220

*Hourly rate - $46.58 [$15.00taxable | $31.58 non-taxable]

*OT - $54.58

*Weekly Gross - Weekly Gross - $1,677.00 [$540.00 taxable | $1,137.00stipend]

*Lodging - $661.00

*M&IE - $476.00

Night shifts (6:30p-7a/12 hours shift)

*3 Shifts per week

Requirements

NM or Compact state license required
1+ year of experience as LPN Med surg/Rehab required
Floating required: within scope of practice and clinical competency = Rehab and Med/Surg
60-mile radius rule
AHA BLS & IV certification required

Welcome to Avani Healthcare Staffing...where YOU matter! You work hard, and you deserve an exceptional travel healthcare experience. Avani Healthcare Staffing makes it happen! We are a Joint Commission Certified agency who knows you are more than a healthcare worker.... YOU are person. That's what makes us different from other healthcare stafing companies; we focus on you. We make it our mission to keep the process simple and to put the right people in the right places at the right time. With years of experience in healthcare staffing, we're ready to find the perfect assignment and destination for you.

What's around it?

In Carlsbad, NM

Carlsbad, NMFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 8% below the US average

Median rent: $1,236/mo
Household income: $72,306/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Carlsbad, NM

NeighborhoodsWithin Eddy County, relocating professionals typically settle in established residential pockets of Carlsbad proper, the quiet adjacent community of La Huerta just to the north, or commute from nearby Artesia. Residential blocks situated one street off the primary commercial highways offer quiet, tree-shaded sidewalks, while suburban and rural parcels in La Huerta provide larger lot sizes and a relaxed pace away from industrial thoroughfares.

Within Eddy County, relocating professionals typically settle in established residential pockets of Carlsbad proper, the quiet adjacent community of La Huerta just to the north, or commute from nearby Artesia. Residential blocks situated one street off the primary commercial highways offer quiet, tree-shaded sidewalks, while suburban and rural parcels in La Huerta provide larger lot sizes and a relaxed pace away from industrial thoroughfares.

Sources

As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: niche.com Source 2: newmexicomagazine.org

Getting around

Commutes within Carlsbad are short and straightforward by car, with local arterial corridors and U.S. Highway 62/180 handling the majority of town-to-town travel. However, healthcare workers must stay vigilant on regional roads and highways, where daily traffic routinely mingles with heavy commercial trucking, tanker rigs, and support vehicles generated by the regional oil and gas sector.

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As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: avalonatcarlsbad.com Source 2: nps.gov Source 3: newmexicomagazine.org

OutdoorsRecreational life centers on Lake Carlsbad and the Pecos River, where residents kayak, paddleboard, fish, and cool off at the Carlsbad Water Park under shady pecan trees. The area offers exceptional excursions, including native Chihuahuan Desert wildlife at Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park on Skyline Drive, underground exploration at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, the desert oasis at Sitting Bull Falls, and rugged mountain hiking in nearby Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

Recreational life centers on Lake Carlsbad and the Pecos River, where residents kayak, paddleboard, fish, and cool off at the Carlsbad Water Park under shady pecan trees. The area offers exceptional excursions, including native Chihuahuan Desert wildlife at Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park on Skyline Drive, underground exploration at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, the desert oasis at Sitting Bull Falls, and rugged mountain hiking in nearby Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

Sources

As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: budboard.biz Source 2: newmexicomagazine.org Source 3: nps.gov

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Living in Carlsbad

Carlsbad presents relocating nurses with a distinct contrast between an energetic desert boomtown and a tranquil river oasis. Flowing directly through the heart of the community, the Pecos River offers shaded pecan groves, kayaking, and Lake Carlsbad parklands that form the social spine of daily life. Healthcare professionals will discover an earnest, welcoming local population that rallies around community festivals on the courthouse lawn, downtown trivia, and iconic regional marvels like Carlsbad Caverns National Park, the evening Bat Flight Program, and Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. However, life in southeast New Mexico requires embracing real tradeoffs: summer days are searingly hot, commercial amenities are those of a small city, and large metropolitan centers are hours away across open desert highway. The local economy is tied closely to the Permian Basin energy industry, bringing noticeable truck traffic and transient worker housing to the outskirts. For clinicians seeking manageable drive times, authentic Southwestern cuisine, and immediate access to dramatic open-sky outdoor landscapes, Carlsbad provides a grounded and uniquely memorable assignment.

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As of 2026Source 1: avalonatcarlsbad.com Source 2: newmexicomagazine.org Source 3: budboard.biz Source 4: thehonestlocal.com Source 5: reddit.com

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Carlsbad, NMFrom Census ACS 2024.