Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,254 per week

Genie Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Boone, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 08/17/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

We're seeking an experienced Travel ICU RN for an immediate opening! This is an excellent opportunity for nurses who are comfortable working in a fast-paced ICU environment and floating as needed.

Schedule

• 3 x 12-hour night shifts
• 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
• Every other weekend (2 weekends per month) required

Unit Information

• Home Unit: Standard ICU
• Float Required: IMCU and Med-Surg based on census
• Nurse-to-Patient Ratio:
  • ICU: Typically 1:2 (may vary when floating)
• EMR: Epic (recent experience required)
• Scrubs: All White or All Navy

Requirements

• Active North Carolina RN License or Multistate Compact License (required at submission)
• Minimum 1.5–2 years of recent ICU experience
• Epic experience required
• Must be comfortable floating within the hospital
• Must be comfortable caring for pediatric patients when needed (not common, but possible)

Required Certifications

• BLS (AHA)
• ACLS (AHA)
• NIHSS
• PALS (AHA)

All certifications must remain active throughout the contract.

Required Skills

• Ventilator Management
• Care of Ventilated Patients
• Airway Management
• BiPAP/CPAP Management
• High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
• Central Line Care & Management
• Arterial Line Management
• Continuous IV Sedation
• Titration of Vasoactive Drips
• Interpretation of ABGs
• Dysrhythmia Interpretation & Management
• IV Starts & Maintenance
• Management of Multi-System Organ Failure
• Infection Prevention & Isolation Precautions
• Surgical ICU experience preferred

Facility Expectations

• Float to IMCU and Med-Surg as needed
• Candidates must be willing to work with adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients
• Pediatric patients are infrequent but may be assigned

About Genie Healthcare

Genie Healthcare is one of the fastest growing Nurse Travel Agencies in the USA. Genie serves hundreds of facilities and has over 4000 current travel RN contracts open at any given time.

Genie provides travel RN’s flexibility, support, top pay scale, housing and the #1 rated, multi-state health insurance coverage.

Genie Healthcare carries with it a commitment to providing a comprehensive level of service and quality care. Growing from a small team of eager recruiters to a company with satisfied clients in nearly every corner of the nation, delivering excellence in patient and customer care is the key to Genie’s success.

The management team has 20 years of experience in workforce solutions and staffing in medical and non-medical fields, roles ranging from Clerical job to Cardiologist to software developer to CEO.

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