13 Weeks DFW the travel clinician's field guide
Fort Worth · Fort Worth Near Southside · Tarrant County

JPS Health Network (John Peter Smith Hospital)

1500 S Main St, Fort Worth, TX 76104

Level I traumaTarrant County safety-netPsych & trauma contracts

WK 1 · wheels-downWK 8 · extend-or-leaveWK 13 · out

JPS is Tarrant County's public hospital and its only Level I trauma center — the Fort Worth analog to Parkland, sitting a few blocks from Harris Methodist on the Near Southside. Same housing map as Harris, same Tarrant GSA locality, higher acuity.

The pockets that work

Near Southside / Magnolia

1BR $1,200–1,6002BR $1,700–2,100Drive at shift time walk–6 min

The whole district is a ten-minute world: hospital, coffee, gym, taco stand.

Fairmount

1BR $1,100–1,5002BR $1,600–2,000Drive at shift time 4–8 min

Historic district of small units and garage apartments — the best character-per-dollar on this list, found by walking it, not by app.

West 7th / Cultural District

1BR $1,300–1,7002BR $1,800–2,300Drive at shift time 9–13 min

Fall-back with reliable large-complex inventory and flexible terms.

Parking: County-campus parking is assigned; the S Main frontage is deceptively tight. Ask your unit, not the internet.

Shift-schedule note

Trauma-center scheduling is the least predictable in the metro — living inside the ten-minute circle is worth real money here.

Run your numbers

Take the middle of a band above to the stipend-fit calculator, and read the week-8 guide before you sign anything with a 60-day notice clause.

Rent bands: public listing platforms, mid-2026, deliberately rounded — verify with the property before signing. GSA anchors: FY 2026 (Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026). This file is educational research, not a housing offer or placement service.

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