Travel RN - Med/Surg

Lexington, Kentucky

Staffing partner

You'll make home visits for SOC assessments, recertifications and routine daily visits on an adult home health caseload. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.

Eligibility: Home Health

Posted Jul 25

Shift and hours: 5 x 8-⁠hour day shifts · Monday through Friday days, with a weekend and holiday rotation Shift: Days, 5x8hrs Schedule is 5 x 8-hour shifts, Monday through Friday, with a weekend and holiday rotation40 hours a week
Unit and setting: Med-Surg Home health care setting serving an adult-only patient populationAdult-only home health patients
License: RN license Active KY RN license or Compact (NLC) license currently in hand - pending licenses are not acceptedActive KY or Compact (NLC) RN license in hand, no pending licenses
Term: 13 weeks · starts Aug 10, 2026 · Travel

Do you qualify?

License: Active KY or Compact (NLC) RN license in hand, no pending licenses Active KY RN license or Compact (NLC) license currently in hand - pending licenses are not accepted Check your license
Certification: Active BLS, no pending certifications Active BLS certification required - pending certifications are not accepted
Experience: 1 year of Med/Surg experience in a hospital Minimum 1 year of Med/Surg experience in a hospital setting required
Experience: Home health experience Home health experience required
Also asks: Homecare Homebase (HCHB) experience Homecare Homebase (HCHB) experience required
Also asks: Valid driver's license Valid driver's license required
Also asks: 2 references: a supervisor from the last 12 months and a peer or supervisor from the last 3 years, with dates of employment and rehire eligibility

What it pays

Against similar roles: In range for Kentucky travel rolesKentucky travel postings that state pay run $1,870/week to $2,450/week, the middle half $2,000/week to $2,340/week, across 71 postings.

Benefits

Top compensation packages
Free private housing or generous housing subsidy
Tax advantage plan
Comprehensive medical, dental and life insurance
Weekly payroll
Referral bonuses

More benefits (9)

Licensure reimbursement
Travel allowances
Continuing education opportunities
401(k) retirement plan
Housing Provided
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Weekly Pay
401k/Retirement

The role and schedule

Charting: Homecare Homebase (HCHB) EMR Uses Homecare Homebase (HCHB) EMR - experience is required
Day to day: SOC assessments, recertifications and routine daily visits Conduct home visits including SOC assessments, recertifications, and routine daily visits for an adult home health caseload
Day to day: Case management of about 30 patients Case management of approximately 30 patients with a daily point expectation of 6.5 points
Weekends: Weekend rotation Schedule is 5 x 8-hour shifts, Monday through Friday, with a weekend and holiday rotation
On call: No on-call No on-call requirements
Holidays: Holiday rotation required Holiday rotation is required
Start: Starts Aug 10, 2026 Start Date: Aug 10, 2026
Details: Clinical manager or educator available 24/7 for emergencies, and 8am-5pm for general support A clinical manager or educator is available 24/7 for emergencies and during business hours (8am-5pm) for general support
Details: About 2 weeks of orientation, including visits with a work coach Orientation consists of approximately 2 weeks, including visits with a work coach (approximately 12 orientation hours total)
Details: Phone and tablet provided for field work Phone and tablet are provided for use in the field
Details: Scrubs required, any color Scrubs are required; no specific color requirement
Details: Direct patient care only, no other clinical duties No clinical involvement beyond direct patient care responsibilities
Details: 13-week contract Length: 13 weeks

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Orientation: 2-week orientation

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American Traveler

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Staffing partner: American Traveler

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Assignment Overview Shift: Days, 5x8hrs Hours: 40 hrs/wk Start Date: Aug 10, 2026 Length: 13 weeks Openings: 1 American Traveler is hiring a Home Health RN with Homecare Homebase (HCHB) experience and a minimum of 1 year of Med/Surg experience for a 13-week travel contract in the Lexington, KY area.

Details Home health care setting serving an adult-only patient population Case management of approximately 30 patients with a daily point expectation of 6.5 points Responsibilities include Start of Care (SOC), recertifications, and daily visits Uses Homecare Homebase (HCHB) EMR — experience is required Schedule is 5 x 8-hour shifts, Monday through Friday, with a weekend and holiday rotation No on-call requirements Requirements Active KY RN license or Compact (NLC) license currently in hand — pending licenses are not accepted Active BLS certification required — pending certifications are not accepted Minimum 1 year of Med/Surg experience in a hospital setting required Home health experience required Homecare Homebase (HCHB) experience required Valid driver's license required 2 professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years, both including dates of employment and eligibility for rehire

Additional Information

Conduct home visits including SOC assessments, recertifications, and routine daily visits for an adult home health caseload A clinical manager or educator is available 24/7 for emergencies and during business hours (8am–5pm) for general support Orientation consists of approximately 2 weeks, including visits with a work coach (approximately 12 orientation hours total) Phone and tablet are provided for use in the field Scrubs are required; no specific color requirement No clinical involvement beyond direct patient care responsibilities Holiday rotation is required

What's around it?

In Lexington, KY

Lexington, KY

Living costs about 7% below the US average

Life in Lexington, KY

NeighborhoodsLocals often single out Gardenside as a favorite in-city neighborhood. Chevy Chase and Ashland Park are the prestige historic districts—tree-lined Craftsman bungalows, walkable Chevy Chase Shops, minutes from UK and downtown—with typical prices from about $550,000 to over $2 million. East Lexington’s Hamburg Pavilion area, plus Chilesburg, Andover, and Polo Club, draws young families with newer homes, shopping, and stronger school reputations; southwest Beaumont is upscale and family-oriented with the Beaumont Centre Family YMCA nearby. Kenwick is artsy and closer-in; Downtown mixes loft apartments and historic homes. For lower cost, residents point to Versailles and Wilmore as suburbs and to Cardinal Valley, Castlewood, and North Limestone in the city, where older housing stock and mixed conditions buy the savings.

Locals often single out Gardenside as a favorite in-city neighborhood. Chevy Chase and Ashland Park are the prestige historic districts—tree-lined Craftsman bungalows, walkable Chevy Chase Shops, minutes from UK and downtown—with typical prices from about $550,000 to over $2 million.

East Lexington’s Hamburg Pavilion area, plus Chilesburg, Andover, and Polo Club, draws young families with newer homes, shopping, and stronger school reputations; southwest Beaumont is upscale and family-oriented with the Beaumont Centre Family YMCA nearby. Kenwick is artsy and closer-in; Downtown mixes loft apartments and historic homes.

For lower cost, residents point to Versailles and Wilmore as suburbs and to Cardinal Valley, Castlewood, and North Limestone in the city, where older housing stock and mixed conditions buy the savings.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: undergrads.com Source 3: teampannell.com Source 4: ffmoveu.com Source 5: facebook.com

Getting aroundLexington is a car city: Walk Score 34, Bike Score 46, and Transit Score 27. LexTran runs buses, but residents describe public transportation as limited and poorly suited to suburban commutes, and the city as extremely un-walkable and subpar for biking. Keeneland race meets bring a visitor influx and notable congestion on roads near the track. Anyone working citywide shifts should plan on owning a car rather than relying on transit.

Lexington is a car city: Walk Score 34, Bike Score 46, and Transit Score 27. LexTran runs buses, but residents describe public transportation as limited and poorly suited to suburban commutes, and the city as extremely un-walkable and subpar for biking. Keeneland race meets bring a visitor influx and notable congestion on roads near the track.

Anyone working citywide shifts should plan on owning a car rather than relying on transit.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: rent.com

OutdoorsIn town, the University of Kentucky Arboretum, Veterans Park, the Beaumont Trail system, Jacobson Park, Ecton Park, and 26-acre McConnell Springs are the everyday walking and green-space circuit. Raven Run Nature Sanctuary is the wilder in-city nature preserve. Gratz Park and the Legacy Trail tie downtown to longer walks and rides. Day-trip gravity is strong: Kentucky Horse Park, Red River Gorge, and Natural Bridge. Horse-farm country and Keeneland’s grounds also double as scenic walking, especially in fall.

In town, the University of Kentucky Arboretum, Veterans Park, the Beaumont Trail system, Jacobson Park, Ecton Park, and 26-acre McConnell Springs are the everyday walking and green-space circuit. Raven Run Nature Sanctuary is the wilder in-city nature preserve.

Gratz Park and the Legacy Trail tie downtown to longer walks and rides. Day-trip gravity is strong: Kentucky Horse Park, Red River Gorge, and Natural Bridge.

Horse-farm country and Keeneland’s grounds also double as scenic walking, especially in fall.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: teampannell.com Source 2: ffmoveu.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: livingandlocal.net Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: rent.com Source 7: themanchesterky.com

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Living in Lexington

Lexington still sells itself as the Horse Capital of the World, and that is not brochure fluff: Keeneland, the Kentucky Horse Park, and short drives to Woodford Reserve and Buffalo Trace give daily life a texture most midsize cities cannot match. For a nurse relocating, housing still sits well below national medians—sales in the low $300,000s, rents near $1,300—while Chevy Chase and Ashland Park pair Craftsman streets and Niche-A Cassidy, Morton, and Henry Clay schools with $550,000–$2 million prices. Hamburg, Andover, Polo Club, Chilesburg, and Beaumont are the default professional-family belts; Gardenside is a local in-city pick; Cardinal Valley, Castlewood, and North Limestone are how you spend less, with older stock and mixed schools. You will drive: Walk Score 34, LexTran is thin, and race weeks clog roads. Off the clock, downtown means Dudley’s on Short, Malones, Doodle’s, Giuseppe’s, the Opera House, and Rupp Arena; trails run through the UK Arboretum, Raven Run, Jacobson Park, McConnell Springs, and the Beaumont system. Honest tradeoffs are Bluegrass pollen, August UK rental pressure, and a 4% state income tax Florida and Tennessee do not charge.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: undergrads.com Source 2: teampannell.com Source 3: ffmoveu.com Source 4: rent.com Source 5: livingandlocal.net Source 6: reddit.com Source 7: reddit.com Source 8: themanchesterky.com

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