Travel ICU RN - $2,361 per week

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

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/26/2026
• 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 26, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 4

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a 13-week night shift assignment requiring 2+ years of critical care experience and WA or compact RN licensure.

Details

• Acute care setting in a Medical ICU, part of an 82-bed critical care unit spanning 3 floors (48 ICU, 34 PCU)
• Primarily works PCU with required floating to ICU
• Patient ratios: ICU 1:1 or 1:2, PCU 1:3
• All critical care diagnoses, with all ICU-level drips in ICU and cardizem, nitro, insulin, and heparin drips in PCU (no pressors in PCU)
• Ventilator management required in ICU; no vents in PCU
• Uses EPIC EMR
• Night shift schedule, 7p-7a, with every other weekend (Friday and Saturday nights)
• Floating required between all ICU and PCU units, and potentially throughout Region Two facilities (St. Clare Hospital – Lakewood, St. Elizabeth Hospital – Enumclaw, St Joseph Medical Center – Tacoma)
• Charge nurse present on each floor along with 2 nurse aides per floor
• Tele/monitor techs available only in PCU
• 24/7 respiratory therapy, pharmacy, and IV team support
• Dayshift hospitalist/intensivist on site; nightshift coverage via virtual ICU and an on-site ARNP for procedures

Requirements

• Active WA or compact RN license required
• BLS and ACLS certification (AHA) required
• Minimum 2 years of specialty experience required
• Strong Med Surg RN experience preferred
• IABP or CRRT experience not required unless previously performed by the candidate
• Copy of driver's license required for consideration
• 2 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 employment dates and rehire eligibility

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing across ICU and PCU levels, managing all critical care diagnoses
• Participate in floor-specific orientation, planned for up to 1 week with an educator (minimum of 2 shifts)
• No scrub color requirements
• Holiday coverage required on a rotating basis with permanent staff
• Candidates may not have been directly employed (full time, part time, or PRN) by any CommonSpirit-associated facility, including CHI and/or Dignity, within the past year; PRN employment through outside staffing firms is acceptable
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply

American Traveler Job ID #P-767099. 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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