Travel RN – Medical Surgical | Shiprock, NM

Travel RN – Medical Surgical | Shiprock, NM IHS Facility & Assignment

Location: Shiprock, NM 87420 (Northern Navajo Medical Center – Indian Health Service, Navajo/Shiprock Service Unit)

Unit: Medical Surgical (inpatient – acute/chronic disease, surgical, palliative, isolation precautions)

Shift: 12-hr Days (0700–1930) or 12-hr Nights (1900–0730), rotating per unit need — includes weekends/holidays

Contract Length: 26 weeks (extension likely — client has up to 4 additional 6-month renewal options, 30 months total potential)

Start Date: ASAP / per award H ours: 36 one week, 48 hours the next

Estimated Weekly Pay Package

Component

Amount

Blended Rate (est. weekly gross)

$2,446/week ($61.15/hr blended)

Taxable Base Rate

$30.00/hr → $1,200/week

Weekly Non-Taxable Stipend – Lodging

$770/week

Weekly Non-Taxable Stipend – Meals & Incidentals (M&IE)

$476/week

Total Weekly Non-Taxable Stipend

$1,246/week

Overtime (over 40 hrs/wk)

1.5x taxable base = $45.00/hr

One-Time Travel Reimbursement

$500 (paid separately after start-date verification)

Non-taxable stipend requires maintaining a qualifying tax home more than 50 miles from the assignment (IRS duplicate-expense rule). Local/commutable candidates will be offered an all-taxable hourly rate instead of the stipend package.

Requirements

• Active, current, unrestricted RN license from any U. S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a U. S. territory — no New Mexico license or NLC compact license required. This is a federal facility (Indian Health Service), so your home-state license is accepted as-is; no additional endorsement, application, or wait time needed.

• Minimum 36 months RN experience, including 2+ years in Medical-Surgical/acute inpatient care

• Current BLS required; ACLS strongly preferred

• Up-to-date immunizations: MMR immunity, Hep B series (or titer/declination), varicella history or titer, Tdap, current TB screening, annual flu vaccine (Oct–Mar)

• Ability to pass background check and fitness-for-duty screening

• Comfort working in a rural, culturally diverse setting serving American Indian/Alaska Native communities

Why This Assignment

Support a mission-driven role delivering direct inpatient care within the Indian Health Service system, serving a community with limited access to specialty nursing coverage. Facility-provided PPE, ID badge, and clinic equipment; contractor provides uniforms and personal instruments. Weekly timesheets, straightforward scheduling through the unit's Clinical Nursing Supervisor.

Pay package shown is an estimate based on a 40-hr/week schedule. Stipend reflects the FY2026 GSA standard CONUS per diem rate for the duty location ($110/night lodging x 7 = $770/week; $68/day M&IE x 7 = $476/week). Final taxable/non-taxable split is set at time of offer and subject to individual tax-home eligibility.

Pay: $60.00 - $65.00 per hour

Benefits

• Dental insurance

• Health insurance

• Referral program

• Vision insurance

Application Question(s)

• Active, current, unrestricted RN license from any U. S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a U. S. territory

• Minimum 36 months RN experience, including 2+ years in Medical-Surgical/acute inpatient care

• Current BLS required

• Current ACLS required

Work Location: In person