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Los Alamos Wellness & Rehabilitation
Nursing Home · Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Nursing Home
Benefits
Contract benefits listed: 401(k), dental, vision, health, and life insurance; housing stipend noted with travel/contract pay.
The city
Living in Los Alamos, NM
Perched on the Pajarito Plateau at 7,300 feet, Los Alamos blends small-town mountain living with a scientific heritage rooted in Los Alamos National Laboratory. Nurses relocating here find outdoor access, tight-knit community vibes, and cool summers amid ponderosa pine forests roughly 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe.
Browse roles in Los Alamos- State price level · New Mexico
- 92.2
- 8% below the national average
- Median gross rent
- $1,359/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You would step into skilled nursing, long-term care, and rehab work at Los Alamos Wellness & Rehabilitation on Sombrillo Court in Los Alamos. Travel and contract roles here run on 12-hour shifts and 12-week renewable contracts, with an ASAP start when they need coverage.
- Nursing Home · Los Alamos
More about Los Alamos Wellness & Rehabilitation
New graduates are welcome and the facility says you will be trained; multi-state licensees are welcomed, with BLS/CPR required and two years of SNF experience preferred. Pay on the public apply page is listed as $35–$40 an hour for LVN travel/contract rehab nursing and $45–$50 an hour for RN travel/contract rehab nursing, each plus a housing stipend. One of our own postings sat at $40 an hour. Contract benefits listed include 401(k), dental, vision, health, and life insurance. If you take supervisory shift duties, that can mean managing nursing personnel, staff meetings, updates to the DON, and assessing staff performance. The setting is a nursing home/SNF with total nurse hours per resident day around 3.26. CMS-linked context on record includes a staffing rating of 2, staff turnover near 44%, RN turnover near 75%, twenty health deficiencies, and five fines—worth weighing before you decide.
Why nurses stay
How they describe the culture
rehabskilled nursingtravel contracts12-hour shiftsnew-grad trainingsupervisory shiftshousing stipendLos Alamos
What nurses say in reviews
The good
- RN travel/contract rehab pay listed at $45–$50/hr plus housing stipend
- LVN travel/contract rehab pay listed at $35–$40/hr plus housing stipend
- New graduates welcome and will be trained
- 12-week renewable contracts with 12-hour shifts and ASAP start
The hard parts
- Staffing rating of 2 in CMS-linked context
- RN turnover around 75% and overall staff turnover around 44%
- Twenty health deficiencies and five fines on record
- Two years of SNF experience preferred, which may narrow fit for some new grads
“I came for the sign-on bonus. I stayed because on my hardest night, my whole team stayed with me.”
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Jul 24, 2026
- Website
- losalamoswellness.com ↗
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