Travel Registered Nurse Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Travel Registered Nurse Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Take your PICU experience to Washington while making a meaningful difference for military families. Matrix Providers is hiring experienced Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurses to provide care to military service members and their families in Tacoma, Washington.

We welcome qualified nurses from across the country for this on-site travel assignment, with two contract options, day or night shift opportunities, and travel support.

Assignment Overview

• Location: Tacoma, Washington
• Employment: Full-time travel assignment
• Contract Length: Choose a 13- or 26-week assignment
• Anticipated Start Date: December 31, 2026
• Schedule: 36 hours per week, three 12-hour shifts
• Shifts: Days or nights, subject to availability

Compensation

13-Week Assignment

• Taxable hourly rate $35.00/hour
• Weekly taxable wages at 36 hours $1,260
• Weekly housing allowance, up to $143/day or $1,001 weekly
• Weekly meals and incidentals allowance $539

Total weekly package $2,800

Total start/completion bonus $2,500

Total potential contract package, including bonus: $38,900

26-Week Assignment

• Taxable hourly rate $36.00/hour
• Weekly taxable wages at 36 hours $1,296
• Weekly housing allowance, up to $143/day or $1,001 weekly
• Weekly meals and incidentals allowance $539

Total weekly package $2,836

Total start/completion bonus $5,000

Total potential contract package, including bonus: $78,736

Bonus payments: 50% at the start of the assignment and 50% upon completion, subject to applicable eligibility and payment terms.

Weekly amounts assume 36 hours worked and seven qualifying travel days. Housing and meals allowances are available on a tax-free basis only when IRS eligibility and employer accountable-plan requirements are satisfied. Allowances may be adjusted for actual qualifying days and travel-day rules. Contract totals assume all scheduled weeks are worked and all bonus requirements are met.

Additional Compensation and Benefits

• Round-trip travel reimbursement: Up to $1,000 for eligible expenses.
• Required certification reimbursement: Up to $200.
• Paid holidays: 11 paid holidays, subject to applicable policy and assignment terms.
• Paid sick leave: Accrual of one hour for every 30 hours worked, up to 56 hours annually.
• Paid time off: Two weeks after one year of service.
• Referral bonus: $500 for eligible referrals to active orders, payable 30 days after referral, subject to program terms.

Your recruiter will review benefit eligibility, reimbursement requirements, and assignment-specific terms with you.

Qualifications

• Education: Diploma, associate's, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in nursing from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated state accrediting agency when the program was completed.
• Experience: At least one year of qualifying RN experience and one year of qualifying PICU experience.
• Licensure: A current, valid, unrestricted RN license from one of the 50 U.S. states or U.S. territories, with no limitations, stipulations, or pending adverse actions. Additional licenses must remain in good standing, and the qualifying license must remain current and unrestricted throughout the assignment.
• Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS) or an accepted equivalent course based on published national guidelines, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).

What You'll Do

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate age-appropriate nursing care for critically ill pediatric patients with complex medical and surgical conditions.
• Monitor patient status, recognize changes in condition, communicate findings, and initiate emergency measures when needed.
• Manage patients requiring hemodynamic monitoring, vasopressor titration, mechanical ventilation, and other advanced critical care interventions.
• Provide care involving arterial lines, central venous lines, chest tubes, feeding tubes, and other specialized devices within your demonstrated competency and scope of practice.
• Verify physician orders, administer medications and prescribed treatments, and evaluate patient responses.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation, including patient histories, assessments, care plans, interventions, and progress.
• Advocate for patients and educate families about care, treatment, and discharge needs.
• Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary teams on patient care, handoffs, and discharge planning.
• Operate emergency equipment and participate in Rapid Response or emergency code teams according to facility protocols.
• Follow infection prevention, patient safety, quality assurance, and risk management procedures.
• Assist with advanced procedures and other assigned clinical duties within your qualifications and scope of practice. Facility-provided conscious sedation training is required before assisting with conscious sedation.

Floating and Low Census

Floating: Nurses may float within similar specialties and clinical clusters to assignments consistent with their demonstrated competency and scope of practice. Nurses may be required to return to their primary unit based on patient census or emergencies.

Low census: If patient census decreases, nurses may be offered an assignment on another appropriate unit. If floating is unavailable, nurses may be sent home, and hours not worked will not be paid. The advertised weekly package assumes 36 hours worked.

Make Your Next Assignment Matter

Choose the contract length that fits your plans while bringing your critical care skills to a team serving military families.