Travel RN - Psychiatric
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Staffing partner
Posted Aug 14 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Hours a week
- 48
- Unit
- Psych
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 4 a week · 48 hours
- Weekends
- Every other weekend
- Nurse to patient
- 1:5–1:6
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Sep 8, 2026 · Travel
- On the floor
- Floating required · No call
- Practice
- Epic charting
stated in this posting
More role details
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
Pay
About this role
Assignment Overview Shift: Nights, 4x12hrs Hours: 48 hrs/wk Start Date: Sep 8, 2026 Length: 13 weeks Openings: 1 American Traveler is hiring a Behavioral Health RN for a night shift MS/Tele unit requiring 2 years of experience and EPIC proficiency.
Details Work on a Behavioral Health/MS/Tele unit in a short-term acute care, Level III Trauma Center and teaching hospital 13-week assignment on night shift (4x12 hours, 19:00-7:00) Patient ratios of 1:5-6 Requires taking an EKG exam as part of clinical readiness Weekend rotation required every other weekend No on-call responsibilities Floating required within scope of practice to like units or sister campus depending on booking Uses Epic EMR system Requirements Active RN license (NC state or compact) currently in hand, no pending licenses accepted Current BLS certification required Minimum 2 years of MS/Tele experience required EPIC EMR experience required Skilled in cardiac monitoring and emergency response Proficient in interpretation and management of dysrhythmias SSN and DOB required for consideration Additional Information Provide behavioral health nursing care within an MS/Tele unit setting First-time travelers are welcome to apply Local candidates not accepted within a 50-mile radius of the main campus Returning travelers must have been gone for at least 1 year before returning to this facility Extension limits apply: day shift travelers may extend once, night shift travelers may extend up to twice, after which a 6-month break is required before reapplying RTO is limited to a maximum of 4 days and is subject to manager's discretion Only 1 holiday can be approved for time off Scrub color requirement: royal blue and white
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Requirements
- Active RN license (NC state or compact) currently in hand, no pending licenses accepted
- Current BLS certification required
- Minimum 2 years of MS/Tele experience required
- EPIC EMR experience required
- Skilled in cardiac monitoring and emergency response
- Proficient in interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
- SSN and DOB required for consideration
- Additional Information
- First-time travelers are welcome to apply
- Local candidates not accepted within a 50-mile radius of the main campus
- Returning travelers must have been gone for at least 1 year before returning to this facility
- Extension limits apply: day shift travelers may extend once, night shift travelers may extend up to twice, after which a 6-month break is required before reapplying
- RTO is limited to a maximum of 4 days and is subject to manager's discretion
- Only 1 holiday can be approved for time off
- Scrub color requirement: royal blue and white
Place
- City
- Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Median rent
- $1,250/mo
- Local household income
- $58,407/yr
- Metro price level
- 8% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Fayetteville area index 92.0, where 100 is the national average.
Fayetteville sits in North Carolina's Sandhills region along the Cape Fear River, offering RNs an affordable mid-size city with a strong military-community identity thanks to neighboring Fort Liberty. Outdoor recreation, a revitalized downtown, and easy access to both Raleigh and the coast make it a practical home base for travel nurses seeking a quieter pace.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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American Traveler is a travel nursing staffing agency that places experienced registered nurses in temporary 13-week contract assignments at hospitals across multiple states. Assignments are located in diverse geographic settings, from Rapid City, SD, to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Atlanta,…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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