
Cardiac Stepdown | Registered Nurse
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Morgantown, WV
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Sep 24, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $62.08
- Weekly
- $2,235
- Yearly (full-time)
- $116,220
- Contract length
- 13 weeks
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
- 534 open Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in West Virginia from 6 agencies, 197 of them in Morgantown.
- Pay in these listings: $30.82 – $97.36/hour, median $58.56/hour.
- Typical Registered Nurse (RN) pay in West Virginia: $38.52/hour ($80,122/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: AHS Staffing ($61.53/hour across 141 jobs).
Job description
Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Trauma & General Surgery Stepdown in Morgantown, WV
Travel RN opportunity in Morgantown, West Virginia: bring your acute care, trauma, and stepdown nursing experience to a fast-paced unit caring for complex surgical and trauma patients. Morgantown, WV 26506 is a welcoming college-town area with access to local amenities and nearby outdoor recreation.
Overview
This Registered Nurse role supports a combined trauma, general surgery, stepdown, and med-surg unit in Morgantown, WV. As a travel RN, you will work closely with an interdisciplinary healthcare team to deliver high-quality patient care, strengthen your critical thinking skills, and make a meaningful impact each shift in a high-acuity acute care environment.
Job Details
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,180 - $2,290
- Setting: Acute care trauma and general surgery stepdown / med-surg unit
- Shift Duration: 12-hour nights
- Schedule: Weekend nights, 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM
- Hours: 36 guaranteed hours per week
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Location: Morgantown, WV 26506
- Charting System: Epic
- Unit Type: Stepdown and floor care with telemetry support
Job Requirements
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license or eligibility to work in the state of West Virginia
- Experience in acute care, stepdown, trauma, med-surg, or a similar inpatient hospital setting
- Epic experience required
- Level 1 trauma experience required
- Experience working with 1:6 floor ratios and 1:3 stepdown ratios
- BLS certification required
- Ability to read telemetry strips and validate monitoring findings
- Strong skills in complex wound care, drains, devices, chest tubes, respiratory support, and neurologic injury care
- Comfort with floating to like units as needed
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality acute care nursing to floor and stepdown patients with trauma and general surgery needs
- Monitor, assess, and respond to changes in patient condition in a fast-paced hospital nursing environment
- Care for patients with multi-trauma, traumatic brain injuries, fractures, chest-wall injuries, and complex spinal cord injuries
- Support post-operative and bariatric surgery patients with attentive, compassionate bedside care
- Administer medications and manage commonly used therapies per unit protocols
- Collaborate with care management, surgical teams, rehabilitation services, and perioperative services
- Maintain accurate clinical documentation in Epic and communicate effectively with the interdisciplinary care team
- Contribute to a collaborative, patient-centered environment that values teamwork, safety, and clinical excellence
Why Apply for This Morgantown Nursing Job?
- High-impact travel nursing opportunity in a respected West Virginia healthcare setting
- Work with complex trauma and surgical patients in a supportive team environment
- Weekly guaranteed hours and a structured 13-week contract
- Opportunity to build experience in stepdown, telemetry, and acute care nursing
Apply now to join this Travel Registered Nurse opportunity in Morgantown, WV and advance your trauma and general surgery nursing career today.
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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