Travel Nursing in Montana: What Critical Access Hospitals Are Really Like

Big sky. Small hospitals. Long drives.

If that sounds like a good week to you, keep reading.

Montana by the numbers

• 49 Critical Access Hospitals
• 44.7% of Montanans live in rural areas
• Compact state. Got a multistate license from another compact state? You can work here on it.

Sources: Rural Health Information Hub, Montana Board of Nursing

New to Critical Access Hospitals? Start here: What Is a Critical Access Hospital?

Where the RN jobs are

This month we have RN jobs in towns like Cut Bank, Wolf Point, Big Timber, White Sulphur Springs, and Miles City. Lots of ER.

What your shift looks like

• Small team. You might cover the ER and the floor in the same shift.
• You stabilize, then transfer. The nearest big hospital can be hours away.
• You’ll know your patients. In a small town, you’ll see them at the grocery store.

Who loves it here

• Nurses who want variety, not the same 4 patients on the same unit
• Nurses who hike, hunt, fish, or ski on their days off
• Nurses who’d rather know their whole team by name

Who should skip it

• You need a Target 10 minutes away
• You hate driving in snow. Winter roads are real here.

Ask your recruiter before you sign

• How far is the nearest trauma center?
• How do transfers work at night? Flight or ground?
• What units will I float to?
• How far is housing from the hospital, and what’s that drive like in January?

Why Wayward

Critical Access Hospitals are our bread and butter. You get:

• 1 recruiter who does the work for you
• No early-leave fee
• $500 travel bonus
• $250 cert reimbursement

See open rural RN jobs