Travel Critical Care Float ICU RN - $2,449 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Critical Care Float for a travel nursing job in Portland, Oregon.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Critical Care Float
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/30/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 30, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an ICU RN for a Critical Care Float Pool position requiring an active OR RN license, Epic experience, and a minimum of 2 years of critical care experience.

Details

• Work in a Critical Care Float Pool supporting adult MICU, CVICU, TSICU, and NSICU units
• Float between assigned critical care units, potentially up to every 4 hours as needed
• May provide continuing care and monitoring of patients off-unit for diagnostic, procedural, or transportation needs
• Night shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts from 19:00 to 7:30
• Every other weekend coverage required
• May float to affiliate hospitals nearby per unit need

Requirements

• Active OR RN license required
• Minimum 2 years critical care experience required
• BLS and ACLS certification required
• NIHSS certification required
• BSN preferred
• CCRN preferred
• Level 1 Trauma experience preferred
• Epic charting experience required
• Experience with IV therapy, arterial line management, and care of ventilated patients
• Skilled in cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and emergency response
• Experience managing patients with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure
• Experience with isolation precautions and PPE
• Experience across a variety of ICU settings preferred, including post cardiac surgery and Swan-Ganz monitoring
• Travel healthcare experience required
• Two manager or supervisor references from within the last 24 months required (charge RN references not accepted)
• COVID vaccination proof required with no exemptions accepted

Additional Information

• Provide high-quality, compassionate, family-centered critical care nursing
• Support multiple adult critical care units as part of a specialty float pool team
• Refusal to float as requested may result in contract cancellation
• Accepts local candidates at the same pay rate with no mile radius restriction
• Returning staff must have been gone a minimum of 6 months to be eligible for rehire as a traveler
• Former OHSU employees or travelers must provide a reference from their previous OHSU supervisor
• RTO must be submitted upfront and not exceed 2 weeks
• First-time travelers are considered, subject to meeting position requirements

American Traveler Job ID #P-783378. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - ICU

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