HonorVet Technologies is seeking a travel nurse RN Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Florence, South Carolina.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Stepdown
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 10/27/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 35 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Title: Registered Nurse – Stepdown
Location: 805 Pamplico Hwy, Florence, SC 29505
Job Type: Travel / Contract
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Night 3x12-Hour (7:00 PM – 7:00 AM)
Start Date: 10/20/2025
Compensation Package
Hourly Breakdown:
- Total Pay Rate: $51.83/hr
- W2 (Taxable): $18.00/hr
- Stipend (Non-Taxable): $33.83/hr
Weekly Breakdown:
- Gross Weekly Pay: $1,866.00
- W2 (Taxable): $648.00
- Stipend (Non-Taxable): $1,218.00
Overtime & Other Rates:
Hours per Week: 36
Job Description
The Stepdown RN delivers specialized care to patients requiring close monitoring and intermediate support. Responsibilities include:
- Managing patients with cardiac, neuro, and post-surgical conditions.
- Caring for ventilated patients, chest tubes, and tracheostomies.
- Performing IV therapy, central/PICC line management, and phlebotomy.
- Monitoring cardiac rhythms, dysrhythmias, and using rapid response/code teams.
- Supporting patients with stroke, seizure disorders, craniotomy, and traumatic brain injuries.
- Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to provide holistic patient care.
Patient Ratios: 1:4 (Days/Nights/Weekends)
Unit Type: Stepdown / PCU / IMC
Requirements & Qualifications
Experience:
- Minimum 1 year Stepdown/PCU experience
- Travel experience required
- First-time travelers not accepted
Education & Licenses:
- Current RN License (SC or Compact, must be active before start)
- ACLS & BLS required
- NIHSS preferred
Skills:
- IV therapy, central/arterial line care, blood product administration
- Ventilator management, HFNC, CPAP/BiPAP
- Cardiac monitoring, post-cardiac surgery care
- Wound care, feeding tube management, insulin drip protocols
Charting System: Epic
Scheduling & Orientation
- Orientation: 16–24 hours (Non-Billable)
- Weekends: Every other weekend required
- Holidays: Holiday rotation
- Floating: Yes, within facility scope
- Guaranteed Hours: Facility may call off 1 shift per 2 weeks
- Pre-Approved Time Off: 1 request allowed
Additional Information
- Patient Age Groups: Adults & Geriatrics
- Scrub Color: Royal Blue
- Parking: Free
- Local Radius: 60 miles (locals accepted at 10% lower rate)
- Hurricane Season (June–Nov): Travelers may be assigned to emergency response teams
- Modules: Non-billable (~4 hours, pre-start)
- Flu Vaccine: Required (medical/religious exemptions accepted)
- COVID Vaccine: Not required
About HonorVet Technologies
HonorVet Technologies: Pioneering Purpose, Empowering Heroes
Founded in 2015, HonorVet Technologies stands as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), proudly certified by NaVOBA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Our mission goes beyond staffing—we are committed to transforming lives by addressing the critical unemployment challenges faced by veterans.
As a Joint Commission-certified clinical staffing agency, we deliver unmatched expertise in placing top-tier healthcare professionals—RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs/CMAs, and NPs—across diverse facilities, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, old-age homes, schools, correctional facilities, and more.
At HonorVet, we don't just fill roles; we bridge gaps, uplift communities, and honor the ones who served.
Benefits
- Vision benefits
- License and certification reimbursement
- Continuing Education
- Medical benefits
- Wellness and fitness programs
- Dental benefits
- Guaranteed Hours
- Mileage reimbursement
- Referral bonus
- Bereavement
- Holiday Pay
- Sick pay
- Retention bonus
