Travel RN - ICU

Travel RN - ICU

American Traveler

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Position ID: P-786889

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Days

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

$2,416.00/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Critical Care Float RN for a quaternary-care teaching hospital, requiring 1.5+ years of critical care experience and an active NJ or compact RN license.

Details

• Combined ICU/CCU unit within a quaternary-care regional teaching hospital
• Day shift schedule, 3x12 hour shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
• Every other weekend required
• Patient ratios of 1:1-3 in critical care and up to 1:4 if floated to stepdown, varying by census and acuity
• Floating required within skill set to ICU/CCU, CTICU, Step Down units, and ED Holding for ICU patients awaiting a bed
• Facility may call off up to 1 shift per 2 weeks
• EPIC EMR experience required

Requirements

• Active NJ or Compact RN license required
• Current ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications required
• Minimum 1.5 years of critical care experience required
• Skilled in arterial line management, starting/maintaining IVs, and phlebotomy
• Experience caring for ventilated patients and interpreting ABGs required
• Experience with post cardiac surgery patients (not directly from OR) and interpretation/management of dysrhythmias required
• EPIC charting experience required
• Swan-Ganz catheter experience highly preferred
• Experience or exposure to IABP, Impella, and VAD highly preferred
• CTICU or medical cardiology experience preferred
• Stroke CEUs preferred

Additional Information

• Navy blue scrubs required
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate
• Former RWJBarnabas Health employees (full-time or PRN) must have been separated from the system for at least 1 year before returning as a travel clinician
• Candidates with open or active background or license hits will not be accepted
• Hospital is home to one of the nation's largest heart transplant programs, New Jersey's only Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program, and a Structural Heart and Valve Center offering complex procedures including TAVR

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12