Travel RN (Alaska) - $90/hr
Salt Lake City, UT
Staffing partner
ICU
Posted Jun 18 · Not open to new grads
- Unit
- ER, ICU, LDRP, OR
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- 13 weeks · Travel
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Staffing partner
- Wave Health Partners
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Overtime
- $135/hr
- Relocation
- Help offered
The median for nursing in Utah is $35/hr, across 80 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Wave Health is seeking RN's for lucrative opportunities at a well-respected hospital system located in Alaska. Flights are covered, a furnished apartment is included and a shuttle service is included as well. Below are some additional details for this high paying travel nursing opportunity in Alaska with Wave Health Partners. *Rate: *$90/hr (plus travel and lodging provided) *Overtime/Holiday Rate:* $135/hr *
Schedule
- *13 week assignments, available now and ongoing
- *Specialties needed:*
- *ED: *Open positions: June, August x3
- *Inpatient:* Open positions: July x2, August, October, November
- *LDRP:* Open positions: June, July, August x2
*LDRP
Requirements
*3 years of LDRP experience, experience required in Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum, and OR. ACLS, BLS, PALS, NRP, Advanced Fetal Monitoring *Inpatient
Requirements
*3 years of ICU experience *ED
Requirements
*5 years of ED experience
($250 referral bonus available for each person referred)
Pay: $90.00 - $135.00 per hour Work Location: In person
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“*LDRP Requirements: *3 years of LDRP experience, experience required in Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum, and OR. ACLS, BLS, PALS, NRP, Advanced Fetal Monitoring *Inpatient Requiremen” · from this posting
Requirements
- *3 years of LDRP experience, experience required in Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum, and OR. ACLS, BLS, PALS, NRP, Advanced Fetal Monitoring
- *Inpatient
- *3 years of ICU experience
- *ED
- *5 years of ED experience
- ($250 referral bonus available for each person referred)
Place
- City
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Median rent
- $1,414/mo
- Local household income
- $75,090/yr
- Metro price level
- 1% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Salt Lake City area index 100.9, where 100 is the national average.
Salt Lake City pairs a compact downtown with unmatched outdoor access—hospital shifts end and the Wasatch Range begins. RNs enjoy a clean, grid-lined capital with a strong healthcare corridor, light rail, and weekend escapes to skiing, hiking, or the Great Salt Lake's shoreline right at the metro's edge.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.
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About the employer
Wave Health Partners is a healthcare staffing agency based in Salt Lake City, UT, that specializes in placing registered nurses in travel nursing assignments at hospital systems across the country. Their branding emphasizes being 'seamless, adaptable, and sustainable' in their…
On your path
ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
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- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
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- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
