Travel Nurse RN - Cardiac Stepdown - $2,293 per week

GHR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Cardiac Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Cardiac Stepdown
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/09/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

Cardiac Stepdown / IMC Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Hagerstown, Maryland

Experienced Travel Registered Nurses are invited to join a high-acuity cardiac stepdown, intermediate care, and telemetry team in Hagerstown, MD. This 13-week night-shift travel nursing assignment is ideal for an RN confident caring for medically complex adult and geriatric patients across medical-surgical, telemetry, and stepdown settings. Hagerstown offers a welcoming Western Maryland community with convenient access to scenic outdoor recreation, historic destinations, and the greater Baltimore–Washington region.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,040–$2,150
• Assignment Type: 13-week travel nursing assignment
• Location: Hagerstown, Maryland
• Start Date: November 9, 2026
• End Date: February 8, 2027
• Schedule: Three 12-hour night shifts per week
• Shift: Nights, approximately 6:30 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Patient Population: Adult and geriatric patients
• Patient Ratios: Approximately 1:4–1:6
• Healthcare Setting: Medical-surgical telemetry, intermediate care, and cardiac stepdown float pool
• Float Expectations: Rotation across medical-surgical and intermediate-care units, including observation, trauma surgery, orthopedics, stroke, renal, palliative care, emergency department inpatient areas, women's services, bariatric surgery, and post-ICU care
• Weekend Coverage: Weekend and holiday shifts may be required; approximately 12 weekend shifts during the assignment
• Orientation: 16 hours

Travel RN Job Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license eligible for practice in Maryland
• At least 2 years of recent hospital-based Registered Nurse experience
• At least 2 years of recent telemetry nursing experience
• Recent intermediate care, PCU, IMC, or cardiac stepdown experience is required
• Previous travel nursing experience is required; first-time travelers are not eligible
• Recent Epic electronic health record experience is required and must be clearly documented
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications
• Strong cardiac rhythm interpretation and telemetry monitoring skills
• Experience managing cardiac and insulin infusions, including non-titrated and titrated drips as applicable
• Experience with tracheostomy and ventilator management, non-invasive ventilation, high-flow oxygen, chest tubes, drains, central lines, PICC lines, feeding tubes, blood products, TPN, and post-cardiac catheterization care
• Ability to care for patients with acute respiratory distress, septic shock, hypertensive crisis, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, DKA, trauma, stroke, renal disease, and post-operative conditions
• Influenza and COVID-19 vaccination required without exemption
• Two-step PPD testing required
• Comfort working across multiple medical-surgical and intermediate-care specialties

Cardiac Stepdown RN Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care for high-acuity adult and geriatric patients in cardiac stepdown, IMC, telemetry, and medical-surgical settings.
• Monitor cardiac rhythms, recognize dysrhythmias, and respond promptly to changes in patient condition.
• Care for patients with cardiac, respiratory, neurologic, renal, surgical, trauma, and post-intensive-care needs.
• Administer and monitor cardiac drips, vasoactive medications, insulin infusions, blood products, TPN, and other prescribed therapies.
• Manage patients requiring ventilator, tracheostomy, BiPAP/CPAP, high-flow nasal cannula, chest tube, drain, feeding tube, central line, PICC, and midline care.
• Provide pre- and post-procedure care for cardiac catheterization, cardiac surgery, myocardial infarction, thrombolytic therapy, and TR Band management.
• Perform focused assessments, interpret relevant clinical data, and escalate changes using rapid response and code team resources when indicated.
• Safely float among assigned medical-surgical and intermediate-care units while adapting care to each specialty and patient population.
• Document assessments, interventions, medication administration, and patient responses accurately in Epic.
• Collaborate with physicians, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, rehabilitation, IV services, social services, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.

Apply now for this Cardiac Stepdown / IMC Travel Registered Nurse opportunity in Hagerstown, Maryland, and join a high-acuity healthcare team in Western Maryland.

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GHR Healthcare Job ID #530238. 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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