Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg
Shiprock, NM
DT-Healthcare Staffing
3x12 hrs, Days, Rotating
Referral Bonus

Travel RN – Medical Surgical | Shiprock, NM
Facility & Assignment
Location: Shiprock, NM 87420 (Northern Navajo Medical Center – Indian Health Service, Navajo/Shiprock Service Unit)
Unit: Medical Surgical (inpatient – acute/chronic disease, surgical, palliative, isolation precautions)

Shift: 12-hr Days (0700–1930) or 12-hr Nights (1900–0730), rotating per unit need — includes weekends/holidays

Contract Length: 26 weeks (extension likely — client has up to 4 additional 6-month renewal options, 30 months total potential)

Start Date: ASAP / per award
Guaranteed Hours: 40 hrs/week
Estimated Weekly Pay Package
Component    Amount
Blended Rate (est. weekly gross)    $2,446/week ($61.15/hr blended)
Taxable Base Rate    $30.00/hr → $1,200/week
Weekly Non-Taxable Stipend – Lodging    $770/week
Weekly Non-Taxable Stipend – Meals & Incidentals (M&IE)    $476/week
Total Weekly Non-Taxable Stipend    $1,246/week
Overtime (over 40 hrs/wk)    1.5x taxable base = $45.00/hr
One-Time Travel Reimbursement    $500 (paid separately after start-date verification)
Non-taxable stipend requires maintaining a qualifying tax home more than 50 miles from the assignment (IRS duplicate-expense rule). Local/commutable candidates will be offered an all-taxable hourly rate instead of the stipend package.

Requirements
•    Active, current, unrestricted RN license from any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory — no New Mexico license or NLC compact license required. This is a federal facility (Indian Health Service), so your home-state license is accepted as-is; no additional endorsement, application, or wait time needed.
•    Minimum 36 months RN experience, including 2+ years in Medical-Surgical/acute inpatient care
•    Current BLS required; ACLS strongly preferred
•    Up-to-date immunizations: MMR immunity, Hep B series (or titer/declination), varicella history or titer, Tdap, current TB screening, annual flu vaccine (Oct–Mar)
•    Ability to pass background check and fitness-for-duty screening
•    Comfort working in a rural, culturally diverse setting serving American Indian/Alaska Native communities

Why This Assignment
Support a mission-driven role delivering direct inpatient care within the Indian Health Service system, serving a community with limited access to specialty nursing coverage. Facility-provided PPE, ID badge, and clinic equipment; contractor provides uniforms and personal instruments. Weekly timesheets, straightforward scheduling through the unit's Clinical Nursing Supervisor.
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Pay package shown is an estimate based on a 40-hr/week schedule. Stipend reflects the FY2026 GSA standard CONUS per diem rate for the duty location ($110/night lodging x 7 = $770/week; $68/day M&IE x 7 = $476/week). Final taxable/non-taxable split is set at time of offer and subject to individual tax-home eligibility.