Travel ICU Registered Nurse - $2,395 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/12/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 4x12hrs
• Hours: 48 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Oct 12, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Registered Nurse for an ICU night shift position requiring 2 years of ICU experience and NM or compact RN licensure.

Details

• Work in the Intensive Care Unit, including neuro and surgical ICU settings
• Night shift, 4x12 hour shifts from 18:30 to 07:00
• Option of 36 or 48 hours per week
• Patient ratio of 1:2
• Floating required to like units within scope as needed, with brief orientation provided
• Weekend shifts required

Requirements

• Active NM or compact RN license required prior to start
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• Certifications required: ACLS, NIHSS; BLS preferred
• Experience with IV therapy, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line and PICC line care
• Skilled in starting and maintaining IVs
• Respiratory/thoracic skills including chest tube assistance, BiPAP/CPAP management, ventilator management, HFNC, ABG interpretation, and suctioning
• Experience managing chronic/acute renal failure patients
• Medication management skills including continuous IV sedation, procedural sedation, and titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips
• Neurological care experience including CVA/acute stroke management; EVD, hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun, ICP monitoring, and post neurosurgery management preferred
• GI surgery care experience
• Infection prevention and isolation precaution/PPE skills
• Phlebotomy skills
• Cardiac monitoring and dysrhythmia interpretation and management
• Experience managing multisystem organ dysfunction/failure patients
• IV insulin protocol management experience
• Epic charting experience preferred

Additional Information

• Provide comprehensive critical care nursing across neuro and surgical ICU patient populations
• Complete onsite orientation modules, averaging 4-6 hours for RNs
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility as locals are not accepted
• Previous staff must wait one year before returning as a traveler
• No travel pairs or groups accepted for this position

American Traveler Job ID #P-727675. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 48.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - ICU

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