Travel RN - ICU

Travel RN - ICU

American Traveler

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Position ID: P-749621

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-10-26

$2,394.60/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a night shift position requiring 1.5+ years of ICU experience and an active NM or compact RN license.

Details

• Work in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital setting
• Patient ratio of 1:2
• Night shift schedule (4x12 hours, 18:30-7:00)
• Option of 36 or 48 hours per week
• Weekend shifts required
• Floating required to like units within scope, with brief unit orientation provided

Requirements

• Active RN license (NM or compact) required prior to start
• Minimum 1.5-2 years of ICU experience required
• Required certifications: ACLS, NIHSS, and BLS (preferred)
• EPIC charting experience preferred
• Skills required include IV therapy, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line and PICC line care, and starting/maintaining IVs
• Respiratory skills required: chest tube assistance, BiPAP/CPAP management, ventilator management, HFNC, ABG interpretation, and ETT/NT suctioning
• Renal skills required: management of chronic/acute renal failure
• Medication management skills required: continuous IV sedation, procedural sedation administration/monitoring, and titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips
• Neurological skills required: CVA/acute stroke management; EVD, hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun, ICP monitoring, and post neurosurgery management preferred
• GI surgery experience required
• Professional skills required: infection prevention, isolation precautions/PPE, phlebotomy, cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, multisystem organ dysfunction/failure management, and IV insulin protocols
• Experience in Neuro ICU or Surgical ICU preferred

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing to ICU patients including ventilator management and hemodynamic monitoring
• First time travelers are welcome to apply
• Candidates must live outside a 50-mile radius of the facility to be eligible
• Former staff must wait one year before returning as a traveler
• No travel pairs or groups accepted
• Limited RTO auto-approved at time of submission, with no RTO permitted during the first week of orientation