Travel Nurse Staffing
Quickly Cover Gaps With On-Demand Travel Nurses
Post the assignments you need covered and reach credentialed travel nurses. No housing to book.
Post a Shift
Find travel nurses at short notice
Pick Up a Shift
Looking for travel nursing shifts?
Over 6,500 workplaces and 1 million workers across the U.S. use Clipboard.
Simpler and Faster Than a Travel Nurse Agency
Fast Coverage
Travel shifts fill in 3 days on average once the assignment is posted.
No Housing Admin
Travel nurses arrange their own accommodation before they arrive.
Clear Credentials
Each license and its state of issue is checked before a nurse takes your run.
Fast Coverage
Travel shifts fill in 3 days on average once the assignment is posted.
No Housing Admin
Travel nurses arrange their own accommodation before they arrive.
Clear Credentials
Each license and its state of issue is checked before a nurse takes your run.
Travel Nurse Staffing Without the Package
Clipboard is a staffing marketplace built for runs that your own roster cannot reach. Facilities in long-term care, hospitals, infusion suites and hospice use it to cover travel assignments directly.
You post the dates and the unit you are short on, and a travel nurse who has already been vetted takes the run. Nothing needs your sign-off, and nothing is charged until the shift is staffed.
There is no accommodation to coordinate and no traveler package to price up. You pay an hourly rate for the hours worked, and the nurse arranges their own housing.
3 Days
On average to fill a travel shift
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Travel shifts worked
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Facilities rely on Clipboard
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Healthcare workers use Clipboard
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How to Book a Travel Nurse
No upfront costs. Cancel a shift any time before it starts.
Create Your Shifts
Select the role, date, and time that you need support.
Get Matched with a Worker
Your shifts are automatically shared with workers who have the right qualifications.
Your Travel Shifts Filled
See every worker's info and qualifications in one place. We do the rest, from scheduling to documentation to payment.
Transparent Pricing
No Booking or Cancellation Fee
No Minimum Commitment
If They Don’t Turn Up, We Connect You With Another
We put your shift out again at no extra cost. If the shift isn’t filled, it isn’t charged.
Dependable Hourly Rates With No Surprises
See clear travel rates for your area before you post a single date.
You pay for the hours worked on shifts that get staffed. Nothing is charged for posting a shift, canceling one, or if a travel nurse cancels.
Are You a Travel Nurse Looking for Shifts?
Sign up free, upload your credentials once, and see the open shifts at facilities near you. Pick up what fits your week and get paid as quickly as the same day.
Free to Join
Sign up and upload your credentials at no cost.
Your Schedule
Pick up only the shifts that fit your week.
Fast Pay
Get paid same day for a small fee.
Areas Covered
Travel Nurse Staffing Across the Country
Clipboard is used by facilities across the country. Post a shift anywhere and it goes to the credentialed professionals nearest you.
Clipboard has awesome checks and balances that hold professionals accountable for honoring the shifts that they booked. The subs show up and always take the job seriously.
Jennifer
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The Easiest Way to Fill Shifts
With Clipboard, you have access to a range of credentialed travel nurses who are available at short notice. There’s no agency markup and no in-house bank to manage.
| Measure | Clipboard | Agency | In-house bank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commitment | None required | Term contract | Internal policy |
| Cost structure | Clear hourly rate | Percentage markup | Overtime and admin |
| Compliance checks | Verified by Clipboard | Held by the agency | Yours to run |
| Cover if no-show | Connect you with a replacement | You chase it | Yours |
How Travel Nurse Staffing Works
Travel nurse staffing covers the runs your own roster cannot reach: a maternity leave, a reopening, a rural building advertising the same line for months. The nurse travels to the work and the booking ends when the run does.
Clipboard differs from a traditional travel contract. You post the dates you are short rather than a 13-week block, the nurse arranges their own housing, and you pay an hourly rate for the hours worked.
What Travel Cover Handles
Bringing a wing back online or adding beds needs staff before the permanent hires arrive. Book travel cover for the opening weeks and taper it as your own roster fills, without committing to a term contract you cannot unwind.
Some buildings have advertised the same line for a year. Posting it as a travel assignment puts it in front of nurses who are willing to work the run, which is a different pool from the one your local advert reaches.
Travel Nurse Staffing for a Range of Facilities
Travel assignments get posted by hospitals, rural skilled nursing buildings, infusion suites and hospice teams, to name a few. What they share is a gap the local pool can’t fill, often for weeks at a time. A travel assignment on Clipboard puts those dates in front of vetted nurses available to work the run.
A travel assignment is booked against a named unit for a known stretch of dates, so the licensing question is wider than for a local shift. Clipboard checks the state each license was issued in before a nurse can take the run, so day one starts with the licensing settled.
A single infusion vacancy can close a chair for weeks, and the skill set that reopens it is narrow. Post the whole gap as one run the day the vacancy is confirmed, and the suite keeps its booked appointments instead of closing a chair.
Keep every patient on the visit list seen through a long absence. Cover the whole leave with a travel assignment and visits stay on their scheduled days.
What Our Expert Says
Travel nursing used to mean a 13-week contract, housing to arrange and a package agreed weeks in advance. That’s no longer the only way to do it. A facility can post just the dates it’s short, even at the last minute, and bring in a travel nurse for that run alone. With fewer strings attached, travel cover now makes sense for gaps that would once have gone unfilled.
Legal
Insurance and Employment Status
Cover shifts at short notice, knowing each one is insured, the professional is credentialed, and no one joins your payroll.
Insurance
Shifts booked through Clipboard are covered by professional and general liability insurance.
Employment Status
Professionals are independent and choose which shifts to accept. They are not employed by your facility or by Clipboard.
Cover Your Open Travel Shifts
Get your travel shifts filled. No upfront cost and no minimum commitment.
Cover Your Open Travel Shifts
Get your travel shifts filled. No upfront cost and no minimum commitment.
Fast Answers To
Frequently Asked Questions
Travel shifts are filled in 3 days on average once posted. Longer runs usually fill faster when the dates are posted as a block, because a nurse deciding to relocate is choosing the whole run rather than a single day.
You pay an hourly rate for the hours worked, and there’s no fee for posting or canceling. There is no traveler package, no stipend to administer and no minimum commitment to sign.
The nurse does. Travel professionals booked through Clipboard arrange their own accommodation and travel, so there is no housing to source, no lease to sign and no accommodation line to budget for on your side.
No. You post the dates you are actually short, whether that is three weeks or thirteen, and you pay for the hours worked on shifts that get staffed. There is no term contract and no minimum commitment.
We connect you with a replacement at no extra cost as soon as we know. If a professional cancels ahead of the shift, a replacement is looked for automatically. If the shift can’t be filled, you’re not charged for it.
Identity and license are checked before a professional can pick up a shift. Checking where each license was issued is part of that, so you aren’t vetting travel nurses yourself.
Often. 85% of shifts booked through Clipboard go to someone that building has worked with, as nurses who know your unit are offered new runs first.
Yes. If a nurse is a good fit for your team, you can offer them a permanent role. There’s no placement fee and no buyout cost for making the offer, and the professional decides whether to accept.
Long-term care and skilled nursing, hospitals, infusion settings and hospice all post travel assignments on Clipboard. Depth varies by area, so the quickest check is to post the dates and see who is available.
Reviewed by
Alex Dettmer
Head of Worker Experience, Clipboard
Alex heads our Worker Experience team, responsible for millions of daily interactions between nurses across the country and Clipboard. When he’s not working to create the best possible experience for workplaces, professionals, and patients, he’s fiercely defending how Walter’s Hot Dogs in New York has the best encased meat in the country.