Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care - $2,384 per week

TNAA TotalMed RN is seeking a travel nurse RN PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Tacoma, Washington.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 08/15/2026
• Duration: 12 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Units: PICU

Experience Required: 2 years. Will consider a 1st time traveler.

Certs Required: BLS, PALS, Active WA/Compact license.

Skills Required: MUST have PICU exp within the last year. Ability to pass Traveler Tele Comp, strong assessment skills, quick learner, critical thinker, have good time management, be engaging; knowledgeable on: aseptic and sterile techniques, basic dressing changes, ventilator and trach management, suctioning, g-tube/j-tube management, feeding tubes, chest tubes, epidurals, PCAs, drip management, Foley insertion and management, discharge skills, CRRT experience with Prismax preferred.

Floating: MedSurg, NICU (low acuity) , or ED – Helping hands

Patient Types: Respiratory patients (high flow, CPAP, BiPAP), trachs, chemo, RSV, asthma, Covid; Medical: MIS-C, new onset diabetes with insulin drips, chronically ill, oncology; Trauma (falls, MVAs, etc.); Surgical – appys, g-tubes, ENT, fresh trachs, bowel obstructions, broken bones, VP shunts, cardiac, neuro; NO solid organ transplant, major burns, stem cell transplant; bad facial wounds, eye injuries or penetrating trauma will go to Level 1 Trauma Center- Harborview; Non – Cardiac ECMO (ECMO specialist will deal with the ECMO machine), CRRT

EMR: EPIC (experience preferred)

Unit Info:
Level II Trauma Center
On call: only if Low Censused, response time = 1 hr
82 bed Level 2 Trauma Center with 16 PICU beds that are interchangeable between MedSurg and PICU

About TNAA TotalMed RN

TotalMed is a Top Ten, travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency with the mission of igniting purpose in healthcare. The organization staffs nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians of all specialties in all 50 states. They offer local and travel jobs and match caregivers with the right organization to assist both facilities and patients. As an organization, they focus on putting highly-skilled staff into facilities to ensure adequate staffing for a better patient experience.

TotalMed specializes in recruiting and placing healthcare professionals in travel, PRN, and permanent positions across the country in Nursing and Allied Health. Throughout 2020, the organization filled roles at even the most short-staffed facilities during the most challenging time in healthcare. By matching the right travel healthcare professional with the right organization, TotalMed continues to offer a lifeline to facilities and their patients.

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Referral bonus
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Benefits start day 1