Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Chandler, Arizona.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 10/18/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Medical Solutions – Care Career | ID 62534993
Position: ICU RN – Surgical/Trauma Neuro + Medical/Cardiac ICU
Shift: 12H Nights
Schedule: Nights + EOW; may be up to 3 weekends/month if unit is busy
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hrs/week
Contract: 13 weeks
Trauma Level:Level I
EMR: Cerner
License to Submit: Yes
Absolute Must-Haves
- Exactly 3 years of recent ICU experience – NO EXCEPTIONS
- Experience must include either Neuro ICU or CV/Cardiac ICU
- BLS
- ACLS
- NIHSS
- Must be comfortable titrating critical-care drips
- Must be willing to float between the 3 ICUs and Tele
- First-time travelers are accepted, provided they meet the ICU experience requirement
- 50-mile radius rule
- Cannot have been full-time, part-time, or PRN with any CommonSpirit/CHI/Dignity facility within the past year
Patient Population
Surgical ICU – Trauma/Neuro
- Level I trauma
- Falls, GSWs, blunt trauma, MVAs
- Trauma patients age 15+
- Exploratory laparotomy
- Craniotomies
- Specialized neurosurgery
- CVA / post-tPA
- Sepsis
- ARDS
Medical/Cardiac ICU
- Sepsis, COVID, DKA, ARDS
- CRRT experience is helpful but not required
- Vascular surgery
- CABG – on/off pump
- Valve procedures
- Post-cath
- TAVR
- IABP
- Impella
- ECMO
- TandemHeart
- Esophagectomy
ICU Skills
RN must be comfortable titrating medications such as:
- Propofol
- Fentanyl
- Versed
- Precedex
- Levophed
- Vasopressin
- Cardene
- Dopamine
- Dobutamine
- Heparin
- Insulin
- Ketamine
- Rocuronium
Patient ratios: 1:1 or 1:2 in ICU
Tele float: 1:3 or 1:4
Equipment
- Dräger
- Hamilton
- Puritan Bennett 840
- V60 BiPAP
- Airvo
- GE monitors
Important: No monitor techs — RN must interpret their own cardiac strips.
Schedule / Other Requirements
- Self-scheduling available, subject to unit needs
- 3 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule when required
- Night weekend = Friday/Saturday
- No additional call/standby
- May be low-census up to 3 times per contract
- First to float
- Navy scrubs
- 1–2 days unit-specific orientation
- Skills may be validated for trauma, neuro, and specialty devices
- May have 1 holiday off during assignment
- Hospital can cancel up to 4 shifts per 13-week assignment
Testing Requirement
UNA Dysrhythmia Exam:
- Must be completed 24–48 hours before acceptance
- Maximum 2 attempts
Day 1: Pass/fail Sim Lab
About Care Career
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits