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ICU / Stepdown Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – 12-Hour Nights in Waupaca, WI

Apply now for an ICU / Stepdown travel nursing job in Waupaca, Wisconsin, providing high-acuity patient care on a 10-week night-shift contract. Join a dedicated nursing team caring for medical-surgical, stepdown, and intensive care patients in a close-knit rural healthcare setting. Waupaca is known for its scenic lakes, outdoor recreation, and welcoming small-town atmosphere, providing an enjoyable balance between meaningful clinical work and life outside the hospital.

Travel RN Job Details

• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,020–$2,130
• Location: Waupaca, Wisconsin
• Healthcare Setting: 20-bed stepdown / medical-surgical unit with higher-acuity patients
• Start Date: October 19, 2026
• Contract Duration: 10 weeks
• Nursing Shift: 12-hour nights, 7:00 PM–7:00 AM
• Shifts per Week: Approximately 3 shifts per week
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week, except during designated holiday closures and orientation
• Weekend Schedule: Every other weekend
• Holiday Schedule: Holiday rotation
• Call Requirements: None
• Patient Ratios: Typically 1:5, with ratios up to 1:7 during busier periods
• Electronic Medical Record: Recent EPIC experience required
• Dress Code: Black scrubs

ICU / Stepdown Travel RN Requirements

• Active Wisconsin Registered Nurse (RN) license
• At least 1 year of recent nursing experience; 1–2 or more years preferred
• Recent ICU, IMU, stepdown, or high-acuity medical-surgical nursing experience
• Stepdown and critical-access hospital experience strongly preferred
• American Heart Association (AHA) BLS certification
• NIHSS certification
• Associate degree or nursing certificate required; BSN strongly preferred
• Comfort caring for patients receiving select intravenous drips
• Ability to float within the facility and, as needed, to other locations within approximately 60 miles while working within demonstrated skills
• Adaptable, resilient, collaborative, and comfortable working in a rural healthcare environment

ICU / Stepdown Registered Nurse Responsibilities

• Provide safe, compassionate nursing care for stepdown, intensive care, and higher-acuity medical-surgical patients.
• Assess patients, recognize changes in condition, and promptly escalate concerns.
• Monitor patients receiving cardiac or other clinically indicated drips in accordance with unit protocols.
• Administer medications and treatments while maintaining accurate and timely documentation in EPIC.
• Collaborate with providers, nurses, ancillary staff, patients, and families to coordinate individualized care.
• Support safe admissions, transfers, discharges, and clinical handoffs.
• Follow infection prevention, patient safety, and evidence-based nursing standards.
• Participate in every-other-weekend and holiday rotation requirements.

Apply now to join our healthcare team as an ICU / Stepdown Travel RN in Waupaca, Wisconsin.

Benefits

401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.