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Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
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Hours: 36 hrs/wk
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Start Date: Jun 15, 2026
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Length: 12 weeks
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Openings: 1
American Traveler is seeking an experienced ICU RN for a 12-week night shift travel contract in a critical care setting, requiring a minimum of 1 year of ICU experience and an active GA or compact RN license.
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Work in a 12-bed split ICU within a hospital setting, with 6 beds on each of two floors
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Patient population includes critically ill medical/surgical patients with conditions such as sepsis, cardiac arrest, cardiovascular disease, respiratory failure, alcohol/drug overdose and withdrawal, post-op surgical care, GI bleeding, end-of-life/comfort care, and COVID-19 complications
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Patient ratios are 1:2 on the higher-acuity floor (staffed with 3 nurses) and 1:3 on the lower-acuity floor (staffed with 2 nurses and 1 PCT)
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Schedule is nights, 3x12-hour shifts (19:00–07:00)
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Every other weekend required
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No on-call requirements
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Floating within the facility and scope of practice as needed
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Active GA or compact RN license required
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Minimum 1 year of ICU experience required
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Current certifications must be provided for consideration
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First-time travelers are welcome to apply
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Local candidates are accepted
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RTO is capped at 7 days; RTO cannot be requested during the first week of the assignment
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If one or two major holidays fall within the assignment period, the traveler is expected to work those holidays and no holiday RTO will be approved; if three major holidays fall within the assignment period, the traveler is expected to work two of them and one holiday RTO request may be considered
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Major holidays include Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving/Black Friday (counts as 1), Christmas Eve/Christmas Day (counts as 1), and New Year's Eve/New Year's Day (counts as 1)
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No schedule change requests or alternate shift requests are permitted — the posted night shift schedule is firm
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Travelers who have previously worked at any facility within this health system must have been away for a full year before returning as a traveler
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Two supervisory references (manager level or above; charge nurses not accepted) are highly preferred
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Travel pairs may not be assigned to the same shift on the same unit
