American Traveler is hiring an RN for a Cardiac/Stepdown Float position requiring an AR or compact RN license and 2+ years of experience. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
Posted Oct 6
Shift and hours
Days, 3x12hrs · 12-hour day shifts, 7a-7p Shift: Days, 3x12hrs 12-hour day shifts, 7a-7p, every other weekend36 hours a week
Unit and setting
Acute care Stepdown unit with cardiac float responsibilities · Hospital Acute care Stepdown unit with cardiac float responsibilities
License
RN license Active AR state or compact (NLC) RN license requiredActive AR state or compact (NLC) RN license
Term
6 weeks · starts Oct 19, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
License
Active AR state or compact (NLC) RN licenseActive AR state or compact (NLC) RN license requiredCheck your license
Certification
ACLSCurrent certifications: ACLS and BLS (AHA)
Certification
BLS (AHA)
Experience
Minimum 2 years of RN experienceMinimum 2 years of RN experience required
Also asks
Cannot have been previously employed directly (full time, part time, or PRN) by any CommonSpirit-affiliated facility within the past year
Preferred
Also asks
First-time travelers may be considered
What it pays
Against similar roles
In range for Arkansas travel rolesArkansas travel postings that state pay run $1,580/week to $2,400/week, the middle half $1,660/week to $2,070/week, across 35 postings.
Travel package
Housing provided
Benefits
Housing Perks
Comprehensive Insurance
Weekly Payroll
Referral Bonuses
Licensure Reimbursement
Travel Allowances
Continuing Education
The role and schedule
Charting
EPICUses EPIC EMR charting system
Floating
Cardiac float responsibilitiesAcute care Stepdown unit with cardiac float responsibilities
Day to day
Provide nursing care within a Cardiac/Stepdown float unit, floating as neededProvide nursing care within a Cardiac/Stepdown float unit, floating as needed
Floating
Floating as needed
Hours stated
7a-7p
Weekends
Every other weekend12-hour day shifts, 7a-7p, every other weekend
Guaranteed hours
36 hours per week guaranteed
Start
Oct 19, 2026Start Date: Oct 19, 2026
Hours
36 hours per week guaranteed36 hours per week guaranteed
American Traveler is hiring an RN for a Cardiac/Stepdown Float position requiring an AR or compact RN license and 2+ years of experience.
Details
Acute care Stepdown unit with cardiac float responsibilities
Uses EPIC EMR charting system
12-hour day shifts, 7a-7p, every other weekend
36 hours per week guaranteed
Requirements
Active AR state or compact (NLC) RN license required
Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
Current
certifications
ACLS and BLS (AHA)
BSN not required for this position
Additional Information
Provide nursing care within a Cardiac/Stepdown float unit, floating as needed
First-time travelers may be considered
Candidates previously employed directly (full time, part time, or PRN) by any CommonSpirit-affiliated facility, including CHI and/or Dignity, within the past year are not eligible; PRN employment through outside staffing firms is acceptable
Neighborhoods+Nurses and young professionals most often land in The Heights along Kavanaugh Blvd, historic Hillcrest, and North Little Rock’s Argenta Arts District for walkability, dining, and a short hop to central jobs; Midtown and downtown River Market/SoMa fit a more urban renter. Closer-in West Little Rock—Colony West, River Mountain, Walnut Valley, Chenal Valley, and Rock Creek—offers newer homes and family streets without going too far west on Chenal Parkway. Rough purchase tiers in the pack: Midtown about $175K–$400K, Heights/Hillcrest $250K–$600K, Chenal/West Little Rock $300K–$700K+, adjacent Sherwood $185K–$300K, lakeside Maumelle $220K–$450K, Pleasant Valley $280K–$600K+. Other named pockets include Cammack Village, Sturbridge, Quapaw Quarter, Capitol View, and Pettaway.
Nurses and young professionals most often land in The Heights along Kavanaugh Blvd, historic Hillcrest, and North Little Rock’s Argenta Arts District for walkability, dining, and a short hop to central jobs; Midtown and downtown River Market/SoMa fit a more urban renter. Closer-in West Little Rock—Colony West, River Mountain, Walnut Valley, Chenal Valley, and Rock Creek—offers newer homes and family streets without going too far west on Chenal Parkway.
Rough purchase tiers in the pack: Midtown about $175K–$400K, Heights/Hillcrest $250K–$600K, Chenal/West Little Rock $300K–$700K+, adjacent Sherwood $185K–$300K, lakeside Maumelle $220K–$450K, Pleasant Valley $280K–$600K+. Other named pockets include Cammack Village, Sturbridge, Quapaw Quarter, Capitol View, and Pettaway.
Getting around+U.S. News puts the typical Little Rock commute at about 17.3 minutes; the city covers roughly 121 square miles with three major interstates, so most drives stay short versus larger Southern metros. Healthcare employment clusters at UAMS Medical Center, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Baptist Health, and CHI St. Vincent, with additional professional jobs along the Chenal Parkway corridor in West Little Rock. Midtown, the Heights, Hillcrest, and closer-in West Little Rock are the neighborhoods framed as centrally convenient. Sources do not describe hospital parking, shift-change traffic, or named transit lines, so treat this as a car-first city with brief average drives.
U.S. News puts the typical Little Rock commute at about 17.3 minutes; the city covers roughly 121 square miles with three major interstates, so most drives stay short versus larger Southern metros. Healthcare employment clusters at UAMS Medical Center, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Baptist Health, and CHI St. Vincent, with additional professional jobs along the Chenal Parkway corridor in West Little Rock.
Midtown, the Heights, Hillcrest, and closer-in West Little Rock are the neighborhoods framed as centrally convenient. Sources do not describe hospital parking, shift-change traffic, or named transit lines, so treat this as a car-first city with brief average drives.
Outdoors+The Arkansas River Trail runs more than 15 miles and links to the Big Dam Bridge, called the longest pedestrian and bicycle bridge in North America built for non-motorized traffic and a sunset stop. Pinnacle Mountain State Park is the close-in hike-and-bike destination; North Little Rock’s 1,700-acre Burns Park—one of the largest municipal parks in the nation—adds trails, golf, disc golf, a fishing pier, dog park, and Funland. Emerald Park’s paved Highland Trail sits on bluffs above the river (stroller- and bike-friendly, with dirt spurs), Crystal Bluff Climbing Crag at Big Rock Quarry offers about 150 bolted routes up to 80 feet near a BMX pump track, and kayakers use river launch points. The Little Rock Zoo and city/state park networks fill out the rest of the outdoor calendar.
The Arkansas River Trail runs more than 15 miles and links to the Big Dam Bridge, called the longest pedestrian and bicycle bridge in North America built for non-motorized traffic and a sunset stop. Pinnacle Mountain State Park is the close-in hike-and-bike destination; North Little Rock’s 1,700-acre Burns Park—one of the largest municipal parks in the nation—adds trails, golf, disc golf, a fishing pier, dog park, and Funland.
Emerald Park’s paved Highland Trail sits on bluffs above the river (stroller- and bike-friendly, with dirt spurs), Crystal Bluff Climbing Crag at Big Rock Quarry offers about 150 bolted routes up to 80 feet near a BMX pump track, and kayakers use river launch points. The Little Rock Zoo and city/state park networks fill out the rest of the outdoor calendar.
Little Rock is a mid-sized capital that still prices like a smaller Southern city: healthcare-heavy (UAMS, Arkansas Children's, Baptist Health, CHI St. Vincent), river-trail infrastructure bigger metros struggle to match, and rents often 40–55% below Nashville or Dallas. Nurses typically land in The Heights or Hillcrest for walkable Kavanaugh Blvd dining, Midtown or River Market/SoMa for a short urban hop, Argenta for arts and breweries, or closer-in West Little Rock—Colony West, River Mountain, Walnut Valley, Chenal Valley, Rock Creek—for newer homes. Median homes run about $200K–$243K; two-bedrooms rent roughly $950–$1,500. Weekends default to the Arkansas River Trail, Big Dam Bridge, Pinnacle Mountain, and 1,700-acre Burns Park; nights go to the Clinton Center, Argenta's Johnny Cash bronzes, Simmons Bank Arena, Petit & Keet, Ciao Baci, Lost Forty, and The Croissanterie. Tradeoffs: housing tightened after tornadoes, safety is neighborhood-specific, heat and all-electric bills can spike, and life is car-first despite a 17-minute average commute. Live close to the hospitals and the affordability-plus-outdoors bet holds.
