Travel RN - ICU

American Traveler is hiring a Surgical ICU RN requiring a CT or compact license, 2+ years of ICU experience, and Level I Trauma Center experience for a night shift assignment.

Job Details

• Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) setting within a Level I Trauma Center academic medical center,
• Night shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts from 19:00-7:00,
• Every other weekend required,
• Floating to step-down unit required as needed within scope,
• No on-call requirements,
• Epic EMR experience required,
• Patients requiring airway management, IV drip titration, and care for multisystem organ dysfunction/failure,

Job Requirements

• Active RN license (CT or Compact) required prior to start date,
• Current certifications: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS,
• Minimum 2 years of recent ICU experience required,
• Epic charting experience required,
• Teaching hospital and Level I Trauma Center experience preferred,
• Skilled in arterial line management, central line care, PICC line management, and blood product administration,
• Experience with ventilator management, BiPAP/CPAP, and interpretation of ABGs,
• Experience managing continuous IV sedation and titrating vasoactive drips,
• Experience with cardiac dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and 12-lead EKG acquisition,
• 1 professional reference required for consideration,

Additional Information

• Provide direct care to critically ill surgical ICU patients, including airway management and multisystem organ support,
• Participate in infection prevention protocols including isolation precautions and PPE use,
• Flu vaccination required with no declinations accepted,
• COVID vaccination and booster required except for religious or medical exemptions,
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply,
• Previous travel experience is not required,
• Former perm staff must have been separated from the facility for at least 2 years to be considered as a traveler,
• RTO requests up to 7 days can be auto-approved; requests beyond 7 days require additional approval,
• Local candidates within 75 miles of the facility are not accepted for this position,
• Large academic medical center environment with 1,567 staffed beds