Travel RN – Stepdown / Med-Surg
📍 Location: West Virginia
🏥 Unit: Stepdown & Med-Surg
⏰ Weekly Hours: 36 hours/week
🌙 Shifts: Days or Nights
- Days: 7:00 AM–7:30 PM
- Nights: 7:00 PM–7:30 AM
📅 Weekend: Every other weekend
🎉 Holiday: Travelers may be required to work holidays
👕 Scrubs: Royal Blue
Unit Details
- 31 beds across two units on the same floor
- Stepdown ratio: 1:3
- Floor ratio: 1:5–6
- Patient population includes:
- Med-Surg
- Cardiac
- IDDM
- COPD
- Trauma
- Orthopedics
- ENT
- Urology
- Pain management
- Telemetry with dedicated monitor technicians
- RNs must be able to read and interpret telemetry strips
- RT available 24/7
- No ventilators on the unit
- Charge Nurse on every shift
- House Supervisor in-house 24/7
- 3–4 nurse aides support the 31-bed unit
Required Skills & Certifications
- BLS required
- ACLS required
- Stepdown/Med-Surg experience
- Ability to titrate drips in Stepdown
- Ability to manage Heparin drips on the floor
- Strong telemetry interpretation skills
Submission Requirements
- Only 1 position may be submitted for a candidate across the entire WVU system at a time
- Candidate's permanent address must be more than 50 miles from the facility
- Unexpired driver's license must be included with every submission
- Maximum 2 candidates per opening
- Travel teams must be submitted together in one email
- Unit-specific requirements listed in Pulse must be followed
Return Staff Policy
- Former permanent employees must be separated for 2 years before returning as a traveler
- Former travelers who completed 1 full year must be separated for 2 years
- If the submission limit is reached, additional candidates will be held until another submission slot becomes available
⭐ Best suited for a strong Stepdown/PCU or Med-Surg RN with telemetry, cardiac, and drip-titration experience.