RN
Forrest City Medical Center
Forrest City, AR
Posted Jul 31 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- Med-Surg
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Jul 31, 2026 · Travel
- On the floor
- No floating · No call
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Arkansas is $32/hr, across 48 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Details Job Type Travel Profession RN Specialty MS Job ID 18723482 Shift Details Shift 12 Hour Night Shift Shifts Per Week 3 Job Order Details Start Date 07/31/2026 End Date 10/04/2026 Duration 13 Week(s) Float Required No Call Required No Job Description Meda Health is looking for a Med Surg RN to work a travel assignment in an acute care hospital setting. Must have at least two years of experience, state licensure and BLS (at minimum). Competitive and Transparent Pay We value your expertise and respect your dedication — and our goal is to compensate you more than fairly for them.
We don’t want you to scramble to figure out your coverage, especially when you’re already feeling under the weather. At Meda Health, your coverage starts when you do. You’re covered, period.
Our employees get the following benefits right off the bat: Health Vision Dental Life insurance Client Details City Forrest City State AR
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“Must have at least two years of experience, state licensure and BLS (at minimum). Competitive and Transparent Pay We value your expertise and respect your dedicat” · from this posting
Requirements
- RN
- Acute care
- 12 hour shift
- RN License
- Hospital
- BLS Certification
- Travel nursing
- Mid-level
- Health insurance
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
Place
- City
- Forrest City, AR
- Rent against this pay
- 11% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $35,689/yr
- State price level
- 13% below the national average
- Beds
- 48
$805 median rent against $7,488 a month at $48/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Arkansas index 86.9, where 100 is the national average.
Forrest City sits along I-40 in eastern Arkansas's flat delta farmland, about an hour west of Memphis. Nurses relocating here will find a quiet, small-town rhythm with agricultural surroundings and a close-knit rural community feel.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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