Hire Now: RN Med Surg- Santa Fe, NM/ $2,196.00 Weekly Gross - No locals/50 miles radius rule

Avani Healthcare

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Posted Jun 23

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour 12 hour3 shifts · 36 hours a week
Unit and setting: Med-Surg · Hospital
License: RN licenseNM state license or compact state license required
Term: 13 weeks · Travel

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Certification: AHA BLS, certification requires
Experience: Minimum 1-2 years of recent MS experience - required
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What it pays

Against similar roles: In range for New Mexico travel rolesNew Mexico travel postings that state pay run $1,090/week to $2,600/week, the middle half $1,600/week to $2,370/week, across 125 postings.
Also stated: $61/hr

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Role: Travel RN MS
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Duration:13 Weeks contract
Shift: 12-hour Day/Night shift avaiable

Schedule

36 hours per week/3 days in a week

Pay breakdown

Hourly rate - $61.00 [$15.00 taxable | $ 46.00 non-taxable] Weekly Gross - $ 2,196.00 [$540.00 taxable | $ 1,656.00 stipend]

Job Summary

Registered Nurse Med Surg

The Registered Nurse (RN) Medical-Surgical provides direct patient care to adult patients with a wide range of medical conditions. The RN is responsible for assessing patient needs, planning and implementing nursing care, and evaluating patient outcomes in a fast-paced acute care environment.

Requirements

Minimum 1-2 years of recent MS experience - required
AHA BLS, certification requires
NM state license or compact state license required
No locals/50 miles radius rule

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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 Santa Fe, NM

Santa Fe, NMFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about the same as the US average

Median rent: $1,463/mo
Household income: $73,482/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Santa Fe, NM

NeighborhoodsAgua Fria is the close-in pocket repeatedly pitched to singles, young professionals, families, and retirees: Pueblo Revival, adobe, and Spanish-style homes, a $195,500 median purchase price and $722 median rent, murals, and about 15 minutes to the city center. Historic Eastside is the heritage-walkability core of classic adobe compounds. Artist–Hyde Park Road—including Bishop’s Lodge and Old Taos Highway—is alpine seclusion (median sale $1,497,500, median age 59.5, 10–20 minutes to the Plaza), not a starter-nurse neighborhood. For 15–20-minute country living, residents name Pojoaque (about $123,600), Nambe, and El Rancho; Niche’s 2026 Santa Fe-area suburb ranking puts Los Alamos and White Rock first and second and Pojoaque third, with Reddit also floating La Mesilla, Chamita, Alcalde, and Velarde.

Agua Fria is the close-in pocket repeatedly pitched to singles, young professionals, families, and retirees: Pueblo Revival, adobe, and Spanish-style homes, a $195,500 median purchase price and $722 median rent, murals, and about 15 minutes to the city center. Historic Eastside is the heritage-walkability core of classic adobe compounds.

Artist–Hyde Park Road—including Bishop’s Lodge and Old Taos Highway—is alpine seclusion (median sale $1,497,500, median age 59.5, 10–20 minutes to the Plaza), not a starter-nurse neighborhood. For 15–20-minute country living, residents name Pojoaque (about $123,600), Nambe, and El Rancho; Niche’s 2026 Santa Fe-area suburb ranking puts Los Alamos and White Rock first and second and Pojoaque third, with Reddit also floating La Mesilla, Chamita, Alcalde, and Velarde.

Sources

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

Getting aroundThese sources never name hospital campuses, transit lines, or parking. What they do give are drives to the core: Artist–Hyde Park is 10–20 minutes to Santa Fe Plaza; Agua Fria is within about 15 minutes of downtown; Pojoaque, Nambe, and El Rancho are described as 15–20-minute country commutes with groceries, fast food, and restaurants already there. La Cienega sits near the airport and I-25. Reddit commenters suggest La Mesilla, Chamita, Alcalde, and Velarde when they want a less life-consuming drive, while a Pojoaque resident notes you still commute into Santa Fe to do much of anything.

These sources never name hospital campuses, transit lines, or parking. What they do give are drives to the core: Artist–Hyde Park is 10–20 minutes to Santa Fe Plaza; Agua Fria is within about 15 minutes of downtown; Pojoaque, Nambe, and El Rancho are described as 15–20-minute country commutes with groceries, fast food, and restaurants already there.

La Cienega sits near the airport and I-25. Reddit commenters suggest La Mesilla, Chamita, Alcalde, and Velarde when they want a less life-consuming drive, while a Pojoaque resident notes you still commute into Santa Fe to do much of anything.

Sources

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

OutdoorsDale Ball Trails and Ten Thousand Waves sit off the Artist–Hyde Park mountain side. Romero Park in Agua Fria is the picnic-and-jog park; Kokopelli Rafting Adventures runs regional river trips. Santa Fe National Forest trailheads are about seven miles from downtown; in-town Atalaya Mountain tops 9,000 feet, and the ski area tops 12,000 feet for skiing, sledding, hiking, and mountain biking. White Rock is cited for riverside recreation; Los Alamos reviews lean hard on nature access.

Dale Ball Trails and Ten Thousand Waves sit off the Artist–Hyde Park mountain side. Romero Park in Agua Fria is the picnic-and-jog park; Kokopelli Rafting Adventures runs regional river trips.

Santa Fe National Forest trailheads are about seven miles from downtown; in-town Atalaya Mountain tops 9,000 feet, and the ski area tops 12,000 feet for skiing, sledding, hiking, and mountain biking. White Rock is cited for riverside recreation; Los Alamos reviews lean hard on nature access.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: santafe.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: bontraveler.com Source 4: santafe.com Source 5: niche.com

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Living in Santa Fe

Santa Fe is not a generic job-market city. At about 7,000 feet it is The City Different: Historic Eastside adobe, Canyon Road galleries, Meow Wolf, and Santa Fe National Forest trailheads roughly seven miles from downtown, with Atalaya over 9,000 feet and a ski area over 12,000. Housing splits hard—the citywide median is near $510,000, while 2026 suburb snapshots put Agua Fria around $195,500 (rent about $722) and Pojoaque around $123,600 versus Artist–Hyde Park near $1.5 million. Nurses who want a short hop to the core often look at Agua Fria (Ramirez Thomas, Capital High, Romero Park, Second Street Brewery); those who want acreage try Pojoaque, Nambe, or El Rancho at 15–20 minutes. Budget 30 days to acclimate, nearly 300 sunny days, July monsoon cells that usually pass in under an hour, and ice scraping if you lack a garage. Eat at The Shed and Tia Sophia’s downtown, Tortilla Flats and Plaza Cafe Southside for chile. The tradeoff is pace: four real seasons, thin late-night energy, and outlying towns that still send you into Santa Fe for most of life.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: santafe.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: santafe.com Source 4: bontraveler.com Source 5: facebook.com Source 6: mrsantaferealestate.com

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