Travel ICU RN - $2,000 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Asheville, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/21/2026
• 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: Sep 21, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Surgical Trauma ICU (STICU) night shift position at a Level I Trauma Center, requiring prior trauma and surgical ICU experience.

Details

• Work in a 20-bed Surgical Trauma ICU (STICU) at a Magnet-designated, ACS Verified Level I Trauma Center
• Night shift schedule from 6:45 PM to 7:15 AM
• 1:2 patient-to-nurse ratio
• Unit staffed with RNs, a supervisor, PCT, and ICU waiting room HUC on both AM and PM shifts
• Uses EVDs, Camino/bolts, wound vacs, Baxter IV pumps, GE Carescape bedside monitors, GE ventilators, iCool machines, Blanketrol, Bair Hugger, Prisma Max CRRT, Zoll, Kangaroo feeding pumps, and Alaris PCA pumps
• Documentation completed in Cerner PowerChart
• Follows a 6-week schedule requiring 6 weekend shifts
• Modified self-scheduling available
• Travelers float before core staff and may float to other ICUs (MICU, NSICU, CVICU, CICU) or Step Down

Requirements

• Active RN license (NC or Compact)
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of recent ICU experience required
• Trauma ICU experience required (Level I or Level II Trauma Center)
• Surgical ICU experience required
• LTAC experience not considered
• Experience with procedures such as intubation, extubation, chest tube placement, central line placement, A-line placement, Foley placement, bronchoscopy, endoscopy, proning, TPA administration, hypertonic medication administration, trach placement, EVD/bolt placement, CRRT/HD, irrigation and debridement, and minor surgery
• US SSN and DOB required for consideration
• One professional reference required
• No employment gaps of 90+ days within the past 12 months

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care in a high-acuity surgical trauma ICU setting
• Team-oriented environment valuing kind, compassionate, flexible, and positive individuals
• Required dress code: all navy or all white scrubs, or navy bottoms with a white top
• Must reside more than 50 miles from the facility to be eligible; no local candidates accepted
• First-time travelers not specified as excluded

American Traveler Job ID #P-748366. 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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