Travel Stepdown RN - $3,159 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Stepdown
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/23/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 4x12hrs
• Hours: 48 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 23, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an RN for a Surgical/Transplant Med/Surg unit requiring acute care surgical floor experience and an OK or compact RN license

Details

• Works on a mixed stepdown and acute care Surgical/Transplant unit caring for post-surgical kidney, liver, and pancreas transplant patients
• Also cares for pre-transplant patients undergoing inpatient evaluation
• Patients require close monitoring for infection, rejection, and timely medication delivery
• Not a PACU or OR position
• Nurses may be assigned med/surg or stepdown patients depending on staffing needs
• ICU nurses floated to the unit work stepdown patients based on acuity and skill set
• Night shift schedule with 12-hour shifts, 4 days per week, 48 hours weekly

Requirements

• Active RN license issued by Oklahoma or a current multistate compact RN license (eNLC)
• Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
• Minimum of 1 year acute care surgical floor experience required
• Stepdown/PCU experience required
• Transplant experience preferred
• ENT experience preferred
• Preceptor and charge experience preferred
• Associate's Degree in Nursing required; BSN preferred
• Knowledge of professional nursing theory, practices, techniques, and procedures
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Full date of birth and Social Security number required for consideration

Additional Information

• Assumes responsibility for an assigned group of patients and documents responses to nursing interventions and treatments
• Assists physicians with examinations and minor diagnostic procedures
• Administers medications and monitors IV infusions and blood products
• Communicates care plans with patients and families throughout hospitalization and at discharge
• Delegates tasks to support staff as appropriate
• Must live outside a 50-mile radius of the facility to be eligible
• Facility strictly enforces credentialing deadlines and does not allow start date pushes
• Returning workers may extend only once up to a total of 26 weeks, then require a 6-month separation before reapplying
• 30-day written notice required to cancel or end an assignment early

American Traveler Job ID #P-783994. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 48.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - Med/Surg

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