Travel RN - Med/Surg - Wound/Ostomy Care
Fort Defiance, Arizona
Staffing partner
- Shift
- 8-hour days
- Hours a week
- 40 hrs a week
- Unit
- Med-Surg
- Contract
- 13-week contract
Posted Aug 11 · Not open to new grads
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour days · 5 a week · 40 hours
- Weekends
- No weekends
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Sep 8, 2026 · Travel
- Setting
- Clinic
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 3+ years
More role details
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Above most AZ travel postings
AZ travel postings that state pay run $1,800/week to $2,760/week, the middle half $2,050/week to $2,450/week, across 117 postings.
About this role
Assignment Overview Shift: Days, 5x8hrs Hours: 40 hrs/wk Start Date: Sep 8, 2026 Length: 13 weeks Openings: 1 American Traveler is hiring a certified Wound Care RN for a clinic-based position requiring mandatory wound care certification and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
Details Clinic-based setting focused on wound and ostomy care Provides care for patients with ostomies, draining wounds, fistulas, pressure ulcers, and acute/chronic wounds Day shift schedule Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM No weekend or holiday shifts required 13-week assignment length Requirements Active AZ or Compact RN license required Current BLS certification required ACLS certification preferred Wound Care Certification required Minimum of 3 years of wound care experience required Additional Information Assess, plan, and implement individualized wound and ostomy care plans for patients Educate patients and their families/significant others on wound evaluation, supply selection, and equipment use for optimal care outcomes No weekend or holiday coverage required
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“eler is hiring a certified Wound Care RN for a clinic-based position requiring mandatory wound care certification and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.” · from this posting
Requirements
- Active AZ or Compact RN license required
- Current BLS certification required
- ACLS certification preferred
- Wound Care Certification required
- Minimum of 3 years of wound care experience required
- Additional Information
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- Assess, plan, and implement individualized wound and ostomy care plans for patients
- Educate patients and their families/significant others on wound evaluation, supply selection, and equipment use for optimal care outcomes
- No weekend or holiday coverage required
Place
- City
- Fort Defiance, Arizona
- Median rent
- $856/mo
- Local household income
- $56,045/yr
- State price level
- 1% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Arizona index 100.7, where 100 is the national average.
Fort Defiance sits on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona's high-desert plateau, near the landmark Window Rock formation. This small community offers a quiet, culturally rooted setting for nurses drawn to rural Indigenous health work and open, sweeping landscapes.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
Worth asking
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- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for call and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?