Travel ICU RN - $1,890 per week

GHR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Dallas, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/16/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

ICU Registered Nurse (RN) – 13-Week Travel Nursing Contract in Dallas, Texas

Apply for this ICU travel nurse job in Dallas, Texas, and join a high-acuity adult intensive care team caring for critically ill medical, surgical, neurological, and cardiac patients. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced ICU RN who is confident managing complex patients, titrating critical-care infusions, and collaborating with multidisciplinary support teams. Dallas offers a vibrant metropolitan setting with convenient access to dining, arts, entertainment, and numerous outdoor attractions.

ICU Travel Nurse Job Details

• Location: Dallas, Texas
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,680–$1,770
• Contract: 13 weeks
• Start Date: November 16, 2026
• Schedule: 3 shifts per week, 12-hour night shifts, approximately 6:45 p.m.–7:15 a.m.
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Weekend Coverage: Six weekend shifts are required per six-week schedule period
• Patient Ratio: 1:2
• Unit: 32-bed adult ICU with an average daily census of approximately 28 patients
• Patient Population: Adults and geriatric patients
• Float Requirement: Intermediate care, progressive care, and step-down units
• Charting: Epic experience is required

ICU Registered Nurse Job Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse license in Texas or a valid Compact RN license
• At least 2 years of recent ICU or critical care nursing experience
• Current ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, and TNCC certifications
• Recent experience caring for ventilated patients and patients with multisystem organ dysfunction or failure
• Demonstrated ability to interpret dysrhythmias and manage cardiac and vasoactive medication drips
• Epic charting experience
• Ability to float to intermediate care, progressive care, and step-down units as needed
• Strong assessment, prioritization, communication, and critical-thinking skills
• Navy blue scrubs are required; scrubs are not provided

ICU Registered Nurse Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive bedside care for critically ill adult and geriatric patients with complex medical, surgical, neurological, and cardiac conditions
• Monitor and care for patients requiring mechanical ventilation, continuous sedation, analgesia, and advanced hemodynamic support
• Titrate cardiac, vasoactive, insulin, heparin, and other critical-care infusions according to orders and protocols
• Manage arterial lines, central lines, PICC lines, peripheral IVs, enteral feedings, and total parenteral nutrition
• Provide and monitor continuous renal replacement therapy using PrismaFlex and PrisMax systems
• Assist with proning, hypothermia or targeted temperature management, mass transfusion therapy, wound care, and procedural sedation monitoring
• Recognize and respond to changes in patient condition, including dysrhythmias, acute respiratory complications, and multisystem organ dysfunction
• Collaborate with respiratory therapy, pharmacy, rapid response teams, radiology, rehabilitation, social services, and other interdisciplinary partners
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in Epic while promoting patient safety, infection prevention, and evidence-based practice

Apply now for this ICU Registered Nurse travel contract in Dallas, Texas, and take the next step in your critical care nursing career.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

GHR Healthcare Job ID #530047. 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: ICU

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