- Specialty
- PCU
- Type
- Travel
- Shift
- Days
- Hours
- 48/week
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start
- 11/30/2026
Job description
Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Stepdown
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/30/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 48 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital
Department: Inpatient Float Pool
Contract: 13 Weeks
Shift: 12-Hour Days (7:00 AM – 7:30 PM)
Guaranteed Hours: 48 hours/week
Weekend: Every other weekend
Holidays: As needed
Requirements
- Minimum experience: Not specified.
- Med/Surg background required.
- Step-down experience preferred.
- Active RN license required to submit.
- BLS (AHA) required.
- ACLS (AHA) required.
- BSN not required.
- Previous travel experience: Not specified.
- Driver's License with current permanent address MUST be included with submission.
Float Pool Details
RNs float to all inpatient units based on competency:
- ICU
- Step-down
- Medical/Surgical
Patient Ratios:
- Med/Surg: 1:6
- Step-down: 1:4–5
- ICU: 1:2–3
Clinical Skills & Responsibilities
- Med/Surg nursing experience.
- Cardiac patient care.
- Orthopedic and neurological patient care.
- Medical and surgical patient management.
- Telemetry monitoring.
- Reading cardiac strips where applicable.
- Titrating drips in Step-down units.
Common Drips:
Heparin, Cardizem, Nitro, Cardene, Insulin, Dobutamine, Dopamine, Activase, Esmolol, Lidocaine, Labetalol, Primacor, Procainamide, Aggrastat, and Verapamil.
Equipment & Monitoring
- CPAP/BiPAP available across units.
- Ventilators in ICU.
- Chronic trach/vent patients may be in Step-down.
- Monitor technicians available.
- CVU nurses read their own strips.
Schedule & Facility Details
- 12-hour day shifts: 7 AM–7:30 PM.
- 3 shifts per week.
- 48 guaranteed hours per week.
- Every other weekend.
- Holidays if needed.
- No call requirement.
- Standby may be required if census is low.
- Daily assignments provided through the staffing office.
- Orientation: 3–4 shifts.
- Scrub Color: Royal Blue.
- EMR: EPIC.
About Care Career
Care Career brings together a portfolio of leading healthcare staffing organizations, each delivering specialized talent solutions across the industry. Wherever you want to go, We Make It Happen.
With travel nursing jobs across the country, you can discover the possibilities that create the lifestyle and financial position that you have dreamed of.
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits