Registered Nurse - Chinle, AZ
Wander Staffing
Chinle, Arizona
Staffing partner
$85/hr
About $177k–$198k/yr
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Posted Aug 18, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 19, 2026
What this means for you
This role comes through Wander Staffing, a staffing partner — assignment-style terms, so ask exactly which facility you'd land in. The posted pay pencils out to roughly $177k–$198k a year. The schedule rotates — ask early how far out they post it; that answer tells you a lot.
What the listing says
- Shift
- Rotating · 12-hour
- Weekends, holidays, call
- Weekends required
About this role
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Skills for this role
Certifications
Requirements
- RN License (any U.S. state, DC, PR, or territory)
- Vascular access
- Working with respiratory therapy patients
- Direct patient care
- Nursing
- 12 hour shift
- Inpatient experience
- Injectable medication administration
- Electronic health records (EHR) management
About the employer
You would be coming to Chinle, Arizona through Wander Staffing. The posting we have pays $85 an hour on a 104-week contract. Arizona is a compact-license state, and the state income tax is a flat 2.5%. Chinle is a driving…
What reviewers appreciate
- $85 an hour on the Chinle posting
- 104-week contract if you want a longer stay
- Arizona compact-license state
What reviewers flag
- Public transit is not readily available and everyday amenities are generally not walkable, so you typically need a car
- Sparse nearby amenities, weak local employment and incomes, and below-average schools
- A travel-RN group post brought up on-call quarters and requesting vacation or time off
Living in Chinle, AZ
Chinle is a small rural community on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, serving as the gateway to Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Nurses drawn to close-knit community health, dramatic red-rock canyon landscapes, and a quieter desert pace will find meaningful work serving this tight-knit region.
- State price level · Arizona
- 1% above the national average
- State index 100.7 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $565/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $53,239/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through the base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and floating handled day to day?
