Travel RN - ICU

Travel RN - ICUAmerican TravelerNewark, New Jersey, United StatesPosition status: OpenAssignment type: travelShift: NightsLength (weeks): 13Openings: 1Start date: 2026-11-09$2,416.00/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)DescriptionAmerican Traveler is hiring a Critical Care Float RN for a night shift assignment requiring NJ or compact licensure and prior critical care experience.DetailsCombined ICU/CCU unit within a quaternary-care teaching hospitalNight shift schedule (3x12 hours, 7:00 PM-7:30 AM)Patient ratios of 1:1-3 in critical care and 1:4 if floated to stepdown, varying with census and acuityRequired to float within skillset to ICU/CCU, CTICU, Step Down units, and ED Holding for ICU patients awaiting bedsEvery other weekend requiredEPIC charting system usedNavy blue scrubs requiredRequirementsActive NJ or Compact RN license requiredCurrent ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications requiredMinimum 1.5 years of critical care/ICU experience requiredExperience with arterial line management, starting/maintaining IVs, and phlebotomy requiredExperience caring for ventilated patients and interpreting ABGs requiredExperience with post cardiac surgery patients (not directly from OR) and interpretation/management of dysrhythmias requiredEPIC charting experience requiredAt least 1 supervisory reference required for considerationAdditional InformationWork in a 653-bed quaternary-care regional teaching hospital with one of the nation's largest heart transplant programsHospital offers New Jersey's only Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program and a Structural Heart and Valve Center performing complex procedures including TAVRMust work or provide on-call coverage for 1 of 2 or 2 of 3 winter holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's)Facility may call off up to 1 shift per 2 weeksSwan-Ganz catheter experience and exposure to IABP, Impella, and VAD highly preferredCTICU or medical cardiology experience preferredFirst-time travelers welcome to applyLocal candidates accepted at the same rateFormer RWJBarnabas Health employees (full-time or PRN) must have been separated from the system for at least 1 year before returning as a travelerHours per week: 36Hours per shift: 12