
Cardiac Stepdown | Registered Nurse
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Morgantown, WV
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Oct 28, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $62.08
- Weekly
- $2,235
- Yearly (full-time)
- $116,220
- Start date
- October 27, 2026
This job pays about $62.08/hour — 61% above the median for Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in West Virginia ($38.52/hour). The total includes tax-free housing and meal stipends, which staff jobs don't pay, so take-home pay is usually higher than the hourly figure suggests.
Estimated from the weekly pay in the listing, 36 hours a week; yearly = 52 weeks. Median wage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in West Virginia right now
- 536 open Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in West Virginia from 6 agencies, 189 of them in Morgantown.
- Pay in these listings: $30.82 – $97.36/hour, median $56.67/hour.
- Typical Registered Nurse (RN) pay in West Virginia: $38.52/hour ($80,122/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: AHS Staffing ($60.92/hour across 144 jobs).
Job description
Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Cardiac/Neuro Stepdown | Morgantown, WV
Explore a 13-week travel nursing opportunity for an experienced Travel Registered Nurse in Morgantown, West Virginia. Join an acute-care cardiac and neuro stepdown team caring for higher-acuity neuroscience patients while building valuable experience with stroke, seizure, epilepsy monitoring, and complex post-procedural care.
Travel RN Job Details
- Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,180–$2,290
- Employment Type: 13-week travel nursing contract
- Start Date: October 27, 2026
- Schedule: 3 shifts per week, 12-hour night shifts
- Shift Hours: Approximately 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
- Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend or two weekend shifts per schedule
- Holiday Requirement: Participation in the holiday rotation is expected
- Orientation: Two shifts on the unit
- Electronic Medical Record: EPIC
- Floating: May be required to comparable stepdown units
- Dress Code: Royal blue scrubs
Morgantown offers the welcoming feel of a vibrant college community alongside the natural beauty of West Virginia’s Appalachian landscape. Enjoy convenient access to scenic trails, rivers, local dining, cultural events, and outdoor recreation while advancing your travel nursing career in West Virginia.
Travel Registered Nurse Job Requirements
- Current Registered Nurse (RN) license eligible for practice in West Virginia
- At least 1 year of acute-care nursing experience; cardiac stepdown, neuro stepdown, or neuroscience experience strongly preferred
- Experience caring for patients with stroke, seizure, epilepsy monitoring needs, or other higher-acuity neuroscience diagnoses
- Strong patient assessment, neurological assessment, and clinical prioritization skills in a stepdown setting
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- NIH Stroke Scale certification available at the time of submission
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification preferred
- EPIC experience required
- Ability to work night shifts, weekends, holidays, and occasional floating assignments
Travel RN Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive nursing care for patients in a cardiac and neuro stepdown and epilepsy monitoring environment
- Care for patients with strokes, seizures, craniotomies, and other complex neuroscience diagnoses
- Monitor patients requiring close observation and promptly communicate changes in condition
- Administer medications and manage ordered infusions in accordance with provider orders and unit protocols
- Perform focused neurological assessments and accurately document findings in EPIC
- Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, nursing assistants, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team
- Support safe patient transitions, patient education, and discharge planning
- Follow unit standards for telemetry monitoring, patient safety, infection prevention, and evidence-based nursing practice
- Adapt to changing patient assignments and float to comparable units when needed
Apply now for this Travel Registered Nurse opportunity and join a supportive acute-care stepdown team in Morgantown, West Virginia.
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.
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