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Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
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Hours: 36 hrs/wk
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Start Date: Sep 14, 2026
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Length: 13 weeks
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Openings: 1
American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for an ICU position requiring 2 years of recent ICU experience, ACLS/BLS/NIHSS certifications, and a MO or compact RN license.
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Level I Trauma Center, Magnet-designated, teaching hospital with 1,259 staffed beds
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ICU setting covering Medical and Surgical Intensive Care patients
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Patient population includes respiratory failure/ARDS, cardiac arrhythmias, stroke, cardiac arrest, DKA, multi-organ failure, and sepsis
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Unit cares for pre/post-op cardiac, thoracic, and abdominal surgery patients, medicine and neuro-medicine overflow, and pre/post-transplant and end-of-life/organ donation cases
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Patient ratio of 1:2
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Night shift, 3x12-hour shifts (7:00 PM-7:30 AM)
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Option to sign for 36 or 48 hours per week
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Every other weekend required
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No on-call requirements
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Floating required within service line to other ICU units
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Utilizes IV pumps/titration, CRRT/dialysis, ventilators/BiPAP, hemodynamic/invasive monitoring, and defibrillator/crash cart equipment
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Charting is done in Epic
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Active MO or compact RN license required (no issuance if tied to another compact state)
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Minimum 2 years of recent ICU experience required
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Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS
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Preferred certifications: CPI and TNCC
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Epic charting experience required
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Level II Trauma experience required; Level I Trauma and teaching hospital experience preferred
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Travel experience required
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Skills required include IV therapy, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line and PICC line care/management, starting and maintaining IVs, care of ventilated patients, interpretation of ABGs, suctioning (ETT, NT), ventilator management, CVA/acute stroke management, titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips, continuous IV sedation, administration of emergency medications, interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, 12-lead EKG/ECG acquisition, CVP and PA line/Swan-Ganz monitoring, chronic/acute renal failure management, infection prevention, isolation precautions/PPE use, phlebotomy, and surgical wound/drain and wound vac care
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Preferred charge RN experience
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Provide critical care nursing to a complex ICU patient population including cardiac, thoracic, abdominal surgery, transplant, and end-of-life/organ donation cases
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May be assigned charge RN duties and holiday shifts as needed per unit
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Navy scrubs required
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Must reside outside a 75-mile radius of the facility to be eligible for the travel assignment
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No more than 7 days of RTO permitted per 13-week contract, with no RTO allowed during the first week of the assignment
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First-time travelers are not accepted for this position
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Permanent employees must wait 1 year before returning to any BJC facility as a traveler
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Standard travelers may work up to an 18-month period, followed by a required 3-month break in service
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Facial hair must allow for proper respirator fit testing or must be shaved with no exceptions
