Travel Registered Nurse - Step Down Unit - Fairmont, WV
- Nurse-to-patient ratio 1:3
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
- ACLS
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This assignment posts $2,350 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel telemetry nurse assignments post a median of $2,120 a week, the middle half $1,930 to $2,306, across 1,305 assignments, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
What West Virginia law requires of the employer
- Limits on mandatory overtime: Hospitals may not mandate nurse overtime, with exceptions for unforeseen emergencies, on-call time, a procedure in progress and certain union agreements; 16 hours in 24 is the cap (covers nurses in hospitals). W. Va. Code § 21-5F-3 (source: W. Va. Code § 21-5F-3)
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About the job
Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting 30 Nov 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,350 a week in all, a taxable rate of $30.09 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Step Down Unit position on a 12-hour night schedule, supporting patients in an acute stepdown and medical-surgical setting. The role provides care for patients with respiratory issues, weakness, urinary tract infections, acute kidney injury, and chest pain, with responsibility for telemetry monitoring and titration of designated intravenous drips.
Job Details
- Schedule: 12-hour night shifts, averaging 36 hours per week; weekends are scheduled as assigned, with three weekend shifts required every four weeks. Holidays rotate between evening and day shifts.
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3 years of experience
- Stepdown experience
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
- Additional Information:
- Patient care is provided in a 20-bed stepdown and medical-surgical unit with ratios of 1:3 for stepdown patients and 1:5–6 for medical-surgical patients.
- Responsibilities include caring for patients with respiratory issues, weakness, urinary tract infections, acute kidney injury, and chest pain.
- Registered nurses titrate heparin, insulin, Cardizem, and amiodarone drips.
- Respiratory support equipment includes continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure, and high-flow oxygen.
- Telemetry monitoring is provided, and registered nurses interpret cardiac rhythms.
- Float rotation is not required.
- Royal blue scrubs are required.
- Unit-specific orientation is provided.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
From Cross Country Healthcare's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Cross Country Healthcare
National healthcare staffing company in Boca Raton, Florida, placing travel nurses, allied professionals and therapists, with local contract and per diem work too. Source: Cross Country, Travel FAQs
Based in Boca Raton, FLHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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