American Traveler is hiring an RN for a Med/Surg Tele position requiring a KY or compact RN license and BLS certification. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
Posted Oct 2 · New grads welcomed
Shift and hours
3x12-hour days · 3x12-hour shifts, 7p-7a · Days Shift: Days, 3x12hrs 1st shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts from 7p-7a36 hours a week
Unit and setting
Telemetry unit · Hospital Specializes in Neurology, Neurosurgery, TIA, and CVA care, with overflow support for orthopedic patientsNeurology, Neurosurgery, TIA, and CVA care; overflow orthopedic
License
RN licenseActive, unrestricted KY or compact RN license
Term
13 weeks · starts Nov 2, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
New grads
WelcomedNo prior nursing experience required, though previous experience is preferred
Below most Kentucky travel postingsKentucky travel postings that state pay run $1,870/week to $2,450/week, the middle half $2,000/week to $2,340/week, across 71 postings.
Pay reviews
Travel rate requires residence within 75 milesCandidates must reside within 75 miles of the facility to qualify for the travel rate; local candidates accepted at a lower rateReside within 75 miles of the facility
The role and schedule
Patients
Patients transferred from ICU, ED, and PACUPatients are transferred from ICU, ED, and PACU
Day to day
Comprehensive assessments, care planning, treatment implementationProvide comprehensive patient assessments, care planning, and treatment implementation according to the nursing process
Day to day
Coordinate admission, transfer, and discharge, including patient and family educationCoordinate admission, transfer, and discharge activities including patient and family education
Day to day
Delegate and oversee care tasks of other team membersDelegate and oversee care tasks performed by other team members
Day to day
Unit quality improvement: patient satisfaction, falls prevention, documentation auditsParticipate in unit-based quality improvement activities such as patient satisfaction, falls prevention, and documentation audits
Day to day
Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary care teamsCollaborate closely with interdisciplinary care teams to support holistic, patient-centered care
Unit size
24-bed Telemetry unit24-bed Telemetry unit supporting a comprehensive stroke program
Weekends
Required as neededWeekends and holidays required as needed
Start
Nov 2, 2026Start Date: Nov 2, 2026
Holidays
Required as needed
Details
First-time travelers may be consideredFirst-time travelers may be considered for this role
Neighborhoods+Locals often single out Gardenside as a favorite in-city neighborhood. Chevy Chase and Ashland Park are the prestige historic districts—tree-lined Craftsman bungalows, walkable Chevy Chase Shops, minutes from UK and downtown—with typical prices from about $550,000 to over $2 million. East Lexington’s Hamburg Pavilion area, plus Chilesburg, Andover, and Polo Club, draws young families with newer homes, shopping, and stronger school reputations; southwest Beaumont is upscale and family-oriented with the Beaumont Centre Family YMCA nearby. Kenwick is artsy and closer-in; Downtown mixes loft apartments and historic homes. For lower cost, residents point to Versailles and Wilmore as suburbs and to Cardinal Valley, Castlewood, and North Limestone in the city, where older housing stock and mixed conditions buy the savings.
Locals often single out Gardenside as a favorite in-city neighborhood. Chevy Chase and Ashland Park are the prestige historic districts—tree-lined Craftsman bungalows, walkable Chevy Chase Shops, minutes from UK and downtown—with typical prices from about $550,000 to over $2 million.
East Lexington’s Hamburg Pavilion area, plus Chilesburg, Andover, and Polo Club, draws young families with newer homes, shopping, and stronger school reputations; southwest Beaumont is upscale and family-oriented with the Beaumont Centre Family YMCA nearby. Kenwick is artsy and closer-in; Downtown mixes loft apartments and historic homes.
For lower cost, residents point to Versailles and Wilmore as suburbs and to Cardinal Valley, Castlewood, and North Limestone in the city, where older housing stock and mixed conditions buy the savings.
Getting around+Lexington is a car city: Walk Score 34, Bike Score 46, and Transit Score 27. LexTran runs buses, but residents describe public transportation as limited and poorly suited to suburban commutes, and the city as extremely un-walkable and subpar for biking. Keeneland race meets bring a visitor influx and notable congestion on roads near the track. Anyone working citywide shifts should plan on owning a car rather than relying on transit.
Lexington is a car city: Walk Score 34, Bike Score 46, and Transit Score 27. LexTran runs buses, but residents describe public transportation as limited and poorly suited to suburban commutes, and the city as extremely un-walkable and subpar for biking. Keeneland race meets bring a visitor influx and notable congestion on roads near the track.
Anyone working citywide shifts should plan on owning a car rather than relying on transit.
Outdoors+In town, the University of Kentucky Arboretum, Veterans Park, the Beaumont Trail system, Jacobson Park, Ecton Park, and 26-acre McConnell Springs are the everyday walking and green-space circuit. Raven Run Nature Sanctuary is the wilder in-city nature preserve. Gratz Park and the Legacy Trail tie downtown to longer walks and rides. Day-trip gravity is strong: Kentucky Horse Park, Red River Gorge, and Natural Bridge. Horse-farm country and Keeneland’s grounds also double as scenic walking, especially in fall.
In town, the University of Kentucky Arboretum, Veterans Park, the Beaumont Trail system, Jacobson Park, Ecton Park, and 26-acre McConnell Springs are the everyday walking and green-space circuit. Raven Run Nature Sanctuary is the wilder in-city nature preserve.
Gratz Park and the Legacy Trail tie downtown to longer walks and rides. Day-trip gravity is strong: Kentucky Horse Park, Red River Gorge, and Natural Bridge.
Horse-farm country and Keeneland’s grounds also double as scenic walking, especially in fall.
Lexington still sells itself as the Horse Capital of the World, and that is not brochure fluff: Keeneland, the Kentucky Horse Park, and short drives to Woodford Reserve and Buffalo Trace give daily life a texture most midsize cities cannot match. For a nurse relocating, housing still sits well below national medians—sales in the low $300,000s, rents near $1,300—while Chevy Chase and Ashland Park pair Craftsman streets and Niche-A Cassidy, Morton, and Henry Clay schools with $550,000–$2 million prices. Hamburg, Andover, Polo Club, Chilesburg, and Beaumont are the default professional-family belts; Gardenside is a local in-city pick; Cardinal Valley, Castlewood, and North Limestone are how you spend less, with older stock and mixed schools. You will drive: Walk Score 34, LexTran is thin, and race weeks clog roads. Off the clock, downtown means Dudley’s on Short, Malones, Doodle’s, Giuseppe’s, the Opera House, and Rupp Arena; trails run through the UK Arboretum, Raven Run, Jacobson Park, McConnell Springs, and the Beaumont system. Honest tradeoffs are Bluegrass pollen, August UK rental pressure, and a 4% state income tax Florida and Tennessee do not charge.
