Travel ICU RN - $2,360 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Burien, Washington.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/05/2026
• 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: Oct 5, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 2

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a 13-week night shift assignment requiring critical care skills and a WA or compact RN license.

Details

• Acute care setting in a 10-bed ICU with a 21-bed PCU
• Nurse-to-patient ratios of 2:1 in ICU and 3:1 in PCU under normal circumstances, stretching to 3:1 ICU and 4:1 PCU
• Treats patients with COVID, respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, sepsis, and DKA
• Manages ventilated patients, cath lab recovery, and therapeutic hypothermia cases
• RNs are required to titrate drips including sedation, pressors, diuretics, insulin, and Amiodarone
• Uses EPIC EMR system
• RT available in ICU 24/7 with vents, CPAP/BiPAP, and high flow equipment
• Remote tele/monitor techs available, but RNs are required to read their own strips
• 12-hour night shifts with every other weekend required
• Holiday coverage rotates with permanent staff
• No call or standby requirement
• Primary floating to PCU and medsurg units, with additional float required throughout Region I facilities (St. Francis Hospital – Federal Way, WA; Virginia Mason Medical Center – Seattle, WA; St. Anne Hospital – Burien, WA)
• Centralized scheduling with 12-hour shift unit orientation

Requirements

• Active WA or Compact RN license required, pending licenses not accepted
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required, pending certifications not accepted
• Experience with ventilated patients, cath lab recovery, and therapeutic hypothermia required
• Experience titrating drips including sedation, pressors, diuretics, insulin, and Amiodarone
• BSN not required for this position
• Copy of driver's license required for consideration
• Two professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months worked and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years worked, including dates of employment and eligibility for rehire

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing to ICU and PCU patients with complex diagnoses
• Charge nurse coverage 24 hours; house supervisor coverage from 1500-0700
• Nurse aide support available on PCU at 8:1 ratio, rarely available on ICU
• Intensivist coverage 0800-1500 and hospitalist coverage 24 hours
• No set scrub color; professional scrubs of any color permitted
• $20 premium rate offered when floated to other Region I facilities
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply

American Traveler Job ID #P-754563. 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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