You'll work a 13-week Labor & Delivery contract. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
Posted Oct 16
Shift and hours
Days · 12-hour shifts starting 6:45 AM Shift: Days, 3x12hrs 3x12-hour shifts, scheduled 6:45 AM start36 hours a week
Unit and setting
Labor & Delivery unit Labor & Delivery unit setting
License
RN license Active TX or compact RN license requiredActive TX or compact RN license
Term
13 weeks · starts Oct 19, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
License
Active TX or compact RN licenseActive TX or compact RN license requiredCheck your license
Certification
Prevention First certificationPrevention First certification required
Experience
Required L&D experienceMust meet required L&D experience for the position
Also asks
Cerner EMR experience, listed in employment historyCerner EMR experience required and must be listed in employment history
What it pays
Against similar roles
In range for Texas travel rolesTexas travel postings that state pay run $1,520/week to $2,470/week, the middle half $1,750/week to $2,230/week, across 415 postings.
Benefits
Housing perks (free private housing or housing subsidy)
Tax advantage plan
Comprehensive medical, dental and life insurance
Weekly payroll
Referral bonuses
Licensure reimbursement
Travel allowances
Continuing education
The role and schedule
Charting
Cerner
Scheduling
No self-scheduling
Start
Oct 19, 2026Start Date: Oct 19, 2026
Details
Must open to work any day; no self-schedulingMust be open to work any day of the week as self-scheduling is not available
Details
Must live within 50 miles of the facilityMust reside within a 50-mile radius of the facility
Details
Requested time off under 7 daysKeep requested time off (RTO) to less than 7 days
Details
Former permanent staff need additional approval before considerationReturning employees who previously worked as permanent staff must undergo additional approval prior to consideration
Neighborhoods+These sources do not name specific Harlingen subdivisions or price tiers. Downtown Harlingen is the district that is actually described: a walkable core with about 20 large murals and the city’s cultural mix. Valley View Senior Living is marketed as a maintenance-free, walkable retirement community with chef-prepared dining. Residents and Niche reviewers frame the rest of town as a quiet, tight-knit, generational farming community rather than a map of trendy named neighborhoods; a Facebook thread of parents with young kids asks which part of town to buy in, but the provided snippet does not answer with neighborhood names. Citywide average drives of about 16 minutes imply most in-town residential areas are a short hop to work.
These sources do not name specific Harlingen subdivisions or price tiers. Downtown Harlingen is the district that is actually described: a walkable core with about 20 large murals and the city’s cultural mix.
Valley View Senior Living is marketed as a maintenance-free, walkable retirement community with chef-prepared dining. Residents and Niche reviewers frame the rest of town as a quiet, tight-knit, generational farming community rather than a map of trendy named neighborhoods; a Facebook thread of parents with young kids asks which part of town to buy in, but the provided snippet does not answer with neighborhood names.
Citywide average drives of about 16 minutes imply most in-town residential areas are a short hop to work.
Getting around+U.S. News lists an average commute of 15.94 minutes; Livability lists 15 minutes. A Reddit commenter who does not live in Harlingen but commutes daily from Edinburg and regularly goes to McAllen said Harlingen itself does not have a lot going on—more a lifestyle note than a traffic report. No source names hospital campuses, parking rules, or a bus or rail line a nurse would ride; public-transit access appears only as a generic retirement-neighborhood checklist item. In-town hospital shifts would likely be a brief drive rather than a transit commute.
U.S. News lists an average commute of 15.94 minutes; Livability lists 15 minutes. A Reddit commenter who does not live in Harlingen but commutes daily from Edinburg and regularly goes to McAllen said Harlingen itself does not have a lot going on—more a lifestyle note than a traffic report.
No source names hospital campuses, parking rules, or a bus or rail line a nurse would ride; public-transit access appears only as a generic retirement-neighborhood checklist item. In-town hospital shifts would likely be a brief drive rather than a transit commute.
Outdoors+Harlingen has over 1,200 acres of public parkland. Hugh Ramsey Park and Harlingen Thicket form the Harlingen Arroyo Colorado site of the World Birding Center, with nature trails for species such as the Altamira oriole, long-billed thrasher, and red-crowned parrot. East of town, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is described as having more documented bird species than any other U.S. wildlife refuge, with hiking and driving trails and volunteer-led walks. Fragile Planet Wildlife Park is a local attraction; golf is marketed as having more playable days per year than anywhere else in the United States; fishing and hunting run year-round; and South Padre Island is minutes away for beaches and seashells. Niche reviewers also point to spring wild sunflowers among cotton fields and windmills.
Harlingen has over 1,200 acres of public parkland. Hugh Ramsey Park and Harlingen Thicket form the Harlingen Arroyo Colorado site of the World Birding Center, with nature trails for species such as the Altamira oriole, long-billed thrasher, and red-crowned parrot.
East of town, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is described as having more documented bird species than any other U.S. wildlife refuge, with hiking and driving trails and volunteer-led walks. Fragile Planet Wildlife Park is a local attraction; golf is marketed as having more playable days per year than anywhere else in the United States; fishing and hunting run year-round; and South Padre Island is minutes away for beaches and seashells.
Niche reviewers also point to spring wild sunflowers among cotton fields and windmills.
Harlingen is a short-commute Rio Grande Valley city of about 73,000 whose identity is birding, downtown murals, and low housing costs—not nightlife. Nurses will find a growing healthcare sector and typical drives around 16 minutes, with median homes cited at $136,000–$155,000 and rents near $700; C2ER ranked it the nation’s least expensive urban area in early 2025. Downtown’s roughly 20 murals, the free Iwo Jima Memorial at the Marine Military Academy, and Hugh Ramsey Park plus Harlingen Thicket (World Birding Center) give weekends a local texture. Moon Rock’s food-truck park, The Hop Shop, and praised Mexican restaurants are the hangouts; variety beyond Tex-Mex and chains is thin. Year-round outdoors include 1,200 acres of parks, Laguna Atascosa, golf, and South Padre Island. Residents warn of oppressive summer heat, isolation from major Texas cities, limited high-paying work, thin infrastructure, and a quiet, socially conservative farming-town pace that fits families and retirees better than people who want a lively scene.
