Travel Step Down RN - $2,276 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Stepdown for a travel nursing job in St. Louis, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Stepdown
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/02/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 2, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Step Down RN with 2+ years of recent bedside experience and vasopressor titration skills for a 13-week night shift contract.

Details

• Acute care hospital Step Down Unit with a 233 staffed bed facility
• Night shift schedule (3x12 hours, 19:00-7:30)
• Patient ratio of 1:4
• Required to work 2 shifts every other weekend
• Floats to lower acuity floors within scope as needed
• No on-call requirements
• Uses Epic charting system

Requirements

• Active MO or compact RN license required
• Current certifications: ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
• Must have worked at the bedside within the last 6 months
• ICU experience or high-acuity stepdown experience required due to unit acuity
• Trauma Level II experience required
• Recent travel experience within the last 6 months required
• Skilled in titration of vasopressors, sedation medications, and insulin drips
• Experience with trach vents, arterial lines, external pacemakers, and chest tubes required
• Epic charting experience preferred

Additional Information

• Provide care for high-acuity stepdown patients including cardiac, neuro, and respiratory cases
• Responsibilities include arterial line management, central and peripheral line care, and blood product administration
• Manage ventilated and tracheostomy patients along with BiPAP/CPAP and high flow oxygen therapy
• Navy scrub color required
• No parking costs at this facility
• Must reside outside a 75-mile radius of the facility to be eligible
• Maximum of 7 days RTO per 13-week contract with no RTO allowed during the first week
• Permanent employees must wait 1 year before returning as a traveler to any facility within this health system
• Standard travelers may work up to 18 months before requiring a 3-month break in service
• First-time travelers are not accepted for this role

American Traveler Job ID #P-768029. 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: Travel RN - Telemetry - Stepdown

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