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Medical Surgical Travel Nursing Jobs in Council Bluffs, IA for RNs

Find Top RN Medical Surgical Travel Nursing Jobs in Council Bluffs, Iowa

AMN Healthcare can help you find the top MS travel nurse jobs in and around Council Bluffs, Iowa. We have new jobs updating daily, so be sure to Apply Now so our specialists can make sure you get first crack. We make it easy for you to compare Council Bluffs’s MS nursing jobs by allowing you to filter based on salary, shift type, location or duration to find the right job for you.

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Search Top Paying Medical Surgical Jobs in or near Council Bluffs

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Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Omaha, Nebraska – 68124
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 4 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$1,897 to $2,090
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Omaha, Nebraska – 68124
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 4 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$1,897 to $2,090
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Sioux City, Iowa – 51101
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 90 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$1,756 to $1,935
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Medical Surgical (MS) unit. This unit sees a wide variety of conditions including endocrine, wound care, neurology and gerontology as well as patients undergoing basic recovery care. Your expertise will be utilized for high level care within the traditional Medical Surgical unit setting. MS RN’s can expect to enhance their professional experience while providing top notch patient care to those most needing it.
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Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50316
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 13, 2025
  • 13
$2,317 to $3,030
Weekly Pay*
Iowa Lutheran Hospital has a long history of serving the Des Moines community and Central Iowa. The hospital has 224 staffed beds and specializes in maternity services, emergency and trauma treatment, chemical dependency treatment,
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travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50316
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$2,317 to $3,030
Weekly Pay*
Iowa Lutheran Hospital has a long history of serving the Des Moines community and Central Iowa. The hospital has 224 staffed beds and specializes in maternity services, emergency and trauma treatment, chemical dependency treatment,
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travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50316
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 27, 2025
  • 13
$2,317 to $3,030
Weekly Pay*
UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, strives to provide each patient and family member with education, support, and outstanding medical care, from your first visit to your discharge home. Established in 1901 in a single building, Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital.
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travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50316
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 27, 2025
  • 13
$2,317 to $3,030
Weekly Pay*
UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, strives to provide each patient and family member with education, support, and outstanding medical care, from your first visit to your discharge home. Established in 1901 in a single building, Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital.
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travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50316
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$2,723 to $3,001
Weekly Pay*
Iowa Lutheran Hospital has a long history of serving the Des Moines community and Central Iowa. The hospital has 224 staffed beds and specializes in maternity services, emergency and trauma treatment, chemical dependency treatment,
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travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50309
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$2,210 to $2,435
Weekly Pay*
Iowa Methodist Medical Center, a service of UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, strives to provide each patient and family member with education, support, and outstanding medical care, from your first visit to your discharge home. Established in 1901 in a single building, Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital.
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travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50309
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$2,210 to $2,435
Weekly Pay*
Iowa Methodist Medical Center was established in 1901 in a single building. Today, Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital. Located in downtown Des Moines on a 42-acre campus, Iowa Methodist employs nearly 4,000 people and has 370 staffed beds. Iowa Methodist is well known throughout the Midwest for cancer care. Iowa Methodist is one of two Level I Trauma Centers in the state of Iowa. Life Flight, the air ambulance program for Iowa Methodist, began in 1979 and continues to fly hundreds of vital missions per year
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travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50316
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$2,210 to $2,435
Weekly Pay*
UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, strives to provide each patient and family member with education, support, and outstanding medical care, from your first visit to your discharge home. Established in 1901 in a single building, Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital.
show more show less
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50316
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$2,210 to $2,435
Weekly Pay*
Iowa Lutheran Hospital has a long history of serving the Des Moines community and Central Iowa. The hospital has 224 staffed beds and specializes in maternity services, emergency and trauma treatment, chemical dependency treatment,
show more show less
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50309
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 27, 2025
  • 13
$1,756 to $2,296
Weekly Pay*
Iowa Methodist Medical Center, a service of UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, strives to provide each patient and family member with education, support, and outstanding medical care, from your first visit to your discharge home. Established in 1901 in a single building, Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital.
show more show less
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50309
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 27, 2025
  • 13
$1,756 to $2,296
Weekly Pay*
Iowa Methodist Medical Center, a service of UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, strives to provide each patient and family member with education, support, and outstanding medical care, from your first visit to your discharge home. Established in 1901 in a single building, Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital.
show more show less
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50309
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 27, 2025
  • 13
$1,756 to $2,296
Weekly Pay*
Iowa Methodist Medical Center, a service of UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, strives to provide each patient and family member with education, support, and outstanding medical care, from your first visit to your discharge home. Established in 1901 in a single building, Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital.
show more show less
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50309
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 119 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 27, 2025
  • 13
$1,756 to $2,296
Weekly Pay*
Iowa Methodist Medical Center was established in 1901 in a single building. Today, Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital. Located in downtown Des Moines on a 42-acre campus, Iowa Methodist employs nearly 4,000 people and has 370 staffed beds. Iowa Methodist is well known throughout the Midwest for cancer care. Iowa Methodist is one of two Level I Trauma Centers in the state of Iowa. Life Flight, the air ambulance program for Iowa Methodist, began in 1979 and continues to fly hundreds of vital missions per year
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Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Grand Island, Nebraska – 68803
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 131 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$1,897 to $2,090
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Sioux Falls, South Dakota – 57108
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 164 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$1,622 to $1,787
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Medical Surgical (MS) unit. This unit sees a wide variety of conditions including endocrine, wound care, neurology and gerontology as well as patients undergoing basic recovery care. Your expertise will be utilized for high level care within the traditional Medical Surgical unit setting. MS RN’s can expect to enhance their professional experience while providing top notch patient care to those most needing it.
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travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Holdrege, Nebraska – 68949
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 192 miles
  • 12 D, 12 E, 12 N,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$1,967 to $2,168
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Medical Surgical (MS) unit. This unit sees a wide variety of conditions including endocrine, wound care, neurology and gerontology as well as patients undergoing basic recovery care. Your expertise will be utilized for high level care within the traditional Medical Surgical unit setting. MS RN’s can expect to enhance their professional experience while providing top notch patient care to those most needing it.
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travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Washington, Iowa – 52353
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 216 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 20, 2025
  • 12
$1,985 to $2,188
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Medical Surgical (MS) unit. This unit sees a wide variety of conditions including endocrine, wound care, neurology and gerontology as well as patients undergoing basic recovery care. Your expertise will be utilized for high level care within the traditional Medical Surgical unit setting. MS RN’s can expect to enhance their professional experience while providing top notch patient care to those most needing it.
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travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Washington, Iowa – 52353
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 216 miles
  • 12 D, 12 E, 12 N,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 12
$1,985 to $2,188
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Medical Surgical (MS) unit. This unit sees a wide variety of conditions including endocrine, wound care, neurology and gerontology as well as patients undergoing basic recovery care. Your expertise will be utilized for high level care within the traditional Medical Surgical unit setting. MS RN’s can expect to enhance their professional experience while providing top notch patient care to those most needing it.
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travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa – 52402
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 224 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$2,214 to $2,440
Weekly Pay*
Founded in 1884, St. Luke’s is a 532-bed hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. St. Luke’s emergency department is open 24/7 and treats over 55,000 patients each year and the most cases of trauma in Iowa. St. Luke’s provides a Level III trauma center. St. Luke’s offers the most experienced hospital ER team in Cedar Rapids, who are specially trained to respond rapidly, appropriately and efficiently to any health care emergency.
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travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa – 52402
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 224 miles
  • 12 E,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$2,214 to $2,440
Weekly Pay*
Founded in 1884, St. Luke’s is a 532-bed hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. St. Luke’s emergency department is open 24/7 and treats over 55,000 patients each year and the most cases of trauma in Iowa. St. Luke’s provides a Level III trauma center. St. Luke’s offers the most experienced hospital ER team in Cedar Rapids, who are specially trained to respond rapidly, appropriately and efficiently to any health care emergency.
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travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical
  • Columbia, Missouri – 65201
    Distance from Council Bluffs: 245 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,941 to $2,139
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Medical Surgical (MS) unit. This unit sees a wide variety of conditions including endocrine, wound care, neurology and gerontology as well as patients undergoing basic recovery care. Your expertise will be utilized for high level care within the traditional Medical Surgical unit setting. MS RN’s can expect to enhance their professional experience while providing top notch patient care to those most needing it.
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Statistics on MS RN Jobs in Council Bluffs, Iowa

Here are some helpful statistics about MS traveling nurse jobs in & near Council Bluffs. The data is based on the last three complete months of MS job postings in the Council Bluffs and nearby areas. It is updated regularly, so you can find the most recent Medical Surgical job salary trends, the types of shifts, and contract durations most commonly available in Council Bluffs and more. Find out more about travel nursing salaries.

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FAQs About Travel MS Nursing Jobs for RNs in Council Bluffs, IA

What are the top paying Medical Surgical jobs currently available in or near Council Bluffs?

  • Registered Nurse – MS with a per week salary of $1,935, a 13 weeks duration, for a 12 N in Sioux City (89.9 miles away)

What types of shifts are most common for MS travel jobs in Council Bluffs?

Based on the last 6 months of travel nurse jobs data, 12 Hour Night shifts were the most common in Council Bluffs and surrounding areas.

How much does a day shift Medical Surgical nurse make on average in Council Bluffs and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Day shift Medical Surgical nurse in Council Bluffs can make an average of $1,939 per week based on recent job availability.

How much does a night shift Medical Surgical nurse make on average in Council Bluffs and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Night shift Medical Surgical nurse in Council Bluffs can make an average of $1,979 per week based on recent job availability data.

What hospitals and healthcare facilities have Medical Surgical staff in or near Council Bluffs?

  • Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs
  • CHI – Creighton University Medical Center – Bergan Mercy in Omaha (4.2 miles from Council Bluffs)
  • CHI – Lakeside Hospital in Omaha (4.2 miles from Council Bluffs)
  • CHI Health Immanuel in Omaha (4.2 miles from Council Bluffs)

What is the most common contract for Medical Surgical travel jobs in Council Bluffs?

Based on recent data, the most common duration for a Medical Surgical job in Council Bluffs is 13 weeks.

Locating Medical Surgical Travel Nursing Jobs in Council Bluffs

In Council Bluffs, facilities like Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, all offer MS departments.

Other popular cities near Council Bluffs’s MS job opportunities are Glenwood (16.1 miles), Missouri Valley (20.4 miles) and Red Oak (37.4 miles). These are near to zip codes: 68124 (4.2 miles), 68130 (4.2 miles) and 68122 (4.2 miles).

Council Bluffs Hospitals With MS Departments

There are 2 hospitals & healthcare facilities that have MS nurses in Council Bluffs. Sometimes it is useful to see what types of shifts, contract durations, and travel nurse housing in nearby neighborhoods each facility might offer in order to find the right opportunity for your next traveling MS nurse position in or nearby Council Bluffs.

Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Shifts
12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
8 wks and 13 wks
Departments
Emergency Room RN, Intensive Care Unit RN, Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse, Medical Surgical Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse, and Psychiatric
Address
933 E Pierce St.
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
* Estimate of payments is intended for informational purposes and includes hourly wages, as well as reimbursements for meal & incidental expenses and housing expenses incurred on behalf of the Company. Please speak with a recruiter for additional details.