Freedom & Flexibility

Freedom & Flexibility

At UPMC, we know that Life Changers deserve the freedom and flexibility to build their best career. That's why we’re excited to introduce UPMC Travel Staffing, our travel staffing agency that allows you to provide care anywhere within UPMC.

Eligible roles: registered nurse, surgical technologist, and echocardio sonographers.

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Freedom & Flexibility

Freedom & Flexibility

At UPMC, we know that Life Changers deserve the freedom and flexibility to build their best career. That's why we’re excited to introduce UPMC Travel Staffing, our travel staffing agency that allows nurses, surgical technologists, and echocardiography sonographers to provide care anywhere within UPMC.

Eligible roles: registered nurse, surgical technologist, and echocardio sonographers.

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What is UPMC Travel Staffing?

With competitive compensation and access to all the benefits of being a Life Changer, UPMC Travel Staffing is here to help you get where you want to be.

As an RN or Surgical Technologist with UPMC Travel Staffing, you’ll travel on six-week assignments across UPMC’s 40-hospital system, giving you the opportunity to experience our facilities throughout Pennsylvania, New York, and Western Maryland. Echo Sonographers travel on six-week assignments in both inpatient and outpatient locations within a set region — either in Central PA, North Central PA, West Central PA, Northwest PA, or Southwest PA.

New! UPMC Travel Staffing Regional RNs: Earn premium travel rates with minimal travel involved! RNs will travel on six-week assignments in Med-Surg units at UPMC facilities in either the Central PA or Southwest PA regions.

Registered Nurses (Multistate)

Compensation: $85 / hour

Sign-on bonus: Up to $15,000

Travel Scope: PA and either NY or MD

Assignment: 6 Weeks

Travel Allowance: $3,860/ qualifying assignment

Benefits and PTO Eligibility: Yes

Setting: Inpatient

Registered Nurses (Regional)

Compensation: $60 / hour

Sign-on bonus: Up to $15,000

Travel Scope: Within set regions in PA

Assignment: 6 Weeks

Paid Drive Time: Paid drive time per qualifying assignment

Benefits and PTO Eligibility: Yes

Setting: Med-Surg Unit

Surgical Techs (Multistate)

Compensation: $63 / hour

Sign-on bonus: Up to $25,000

Travel Scope: PA and either NY or MD

Assignment: 6 Weeks

Travel Allowance: $3,860/ qualifying assignment

Benefits and PTO Eligibility: Yes

Setting: Inpatient

Echo Sonographers (Regional)

Compensation: $48 / hour

Sign-on bonus: Up to $20,000

Travel Scope: Within set regions in PA

Assignment: 6 Weeks

Paid Drive Time: Paid drive time per qualifying assignment

Benefits and PTO Eligibility: Yes

Setting: Inpatient and outpatient

Why Join UPMC?

  • A premier benefits package designed to support your total well-being — physically, financially, and emotionally — with lower out-of-pocket costs than comparable travel staffing agencies
  • Generous tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 annually for you and your dependents, plus student loan assistance
  • Flexible work schedules that fit into your lifestyle needs, paired with generous time off accrual starting on day one

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Heather and her mom Robin share the story behind why they joined UPMC Travel Staffing!