GHR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Cardiac Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Cardiac Stepdown
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 10/26/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Cardiac Stepdown and Neuro Stepdown
Join a leading healthcare team as a Registered Nurse in Morgantown, West Virginia, earning an estimated $2,070–$2,180 weekly on a 13-week acute-care stepdown assignment. Make a meaningful impact caring for higher-acuity cardiac and neurological patients, including those with strokes, seizures, and post-craniotomy needs.
Registered Nurse Job Details
- Location: Morgantown, WV — a vibrant college-town community known for its Appalachian scenery, outdoor recreation, and welcoming atmosphere
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,070–$2,180
- Healthcare Setting: Acute-care cardiac stepdown and epilepsy monitoring unit
- Nursing Schedule: 3 shifts per week, 12-hour night shifts
- Shift Hours: 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.
- Hours: 36 hours per week
- Assignment Duration: 13 weeks
- Weekend and Holiday Coverage: Every other weekend or two weekend shifts per schedule; holiday rotation required
- Floating: May float to other stepdown units as needed
- Electronic Medical Record: EPIC
- Dress Code: Royal blue scrubs
Registered Nurse Job Requirements
- Active Registered Nurse license eligible for practice in West Virginia
- At least 1 year of recent acute-care stepdown, cardiac stepdown, or neuro nursing experience
- Strong neurological assessment skills and experience caring for stroke patients
- NIHSS certification, with NIHSS in hand at the time of submission
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification preferred
- Recent EPIC electronic charting experience required
- Ability to care for higher-acuity patients, including those with seizures, strokes, post-craniotomy conditions, and other complex neurological diagnoses
- Flexibility to work night shifts, weekends, holidays, and occasional floating assignments
- COVID-19 vaccination or an approved medical or religious exemption, as applicable
Registered Nurse Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive nursing care to acute-care stepdown and epilepsy monitoring patients
- Perform focused and ongoing neurological assessments and promptly identify changes in patient condition
- Care for patients with strokes, seizures, post-craniotomy needs, and other higher-acuity neuroscience diagnoses
- Monitor patients receiving physician-directed medication infusions and stepdown-level therapies
- Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, nursing assistants, and the interdisciplinary care team
- Document assessments, interventions, and patient responses accurately in EPIC
- Maintain patient safety, participate in care planning, and provide education to patients and families
- Support unit operations by participating in weekend and holiday coverage and floating when required
Apply now for this acute-care Registered Nurse opportunity in Morgantown, West Virginia, and join a collaborative clinical team serving complex cardiac and neurological patients.
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.
GHR Healthcare Job ID #523340. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Cardiac Stepdown
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