Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Anchorage, Alaska.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/15/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, rotating
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Location: Alaska
Specialty: Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital
Contract Duration: 13 weeks
Start Date: 11/16/2026
Shift: 3x12-hour variable shifts
- Day Shift: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
- Night Shift: 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM
Guaranteed Hours: 36
Job Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of ICU nursing experience required.
- Previous travel nursing experience is required.
- Active Alaska RN license required; pending license may be accepted for submission, but the license must be in hand for auto-offer.
- Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required.
- TNCC is listed as a preferred certification.
- EPIC charting experience required.
- Experience caring for critically ill patients with complex medical, cardiac, neurological, and surgical conditions.
- Must be comfortable with a patient ratio of approximately 1:2.
Schedule & Weekend Requirements
- Three 12-hour shifts per week.
- Variable day and night scheduling.
- Weekend coverage required as needed to cover open shifts.
- No on-call requirement.
- Block scheduling is not available.
- All requested time off (RTO) and scheduling requests must be included at submission.
- Maximum 7 days of RTO; additional time off requires client approval and may delay the offer.
- Candidates must commit to working 3 of the following 5 holidays:
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas Day
- New Year's Eve
- New Year's Day
Unit & Facility Details
- Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital
- Facility Designation: Magnet facility
- Trauma Level: Level II
- Total Staffed Beds: 407
- ICU Beds: 27
- Patient Population: Adolescents, adults, and geriatrics
- Average Daily Census: Approximately 21
- Charting System: EPIC
- Scrubs: Provided
- Parking: Free
Required Clinical Skills
- Critical care and ventilator management
- Arterial line management
- Central line and PICC line care
- Chest tube assistance and management
- BiPAP/CPAP and high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC)
- Arterial blood gas (ABG) interpretation
- Cardiac rhythm interpretation and dysrhythmia management
- Titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips
- Continuous IV sedation management
- Blood product administration
- Acute and chronic renal failure management
- Neurological and stroke care
- Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring
- External ventricular drain (EVD) management
- Post-cardiac surgery care
- Post-neurosurgery management
- Pulmonary artery/Swan-Ganz catheter monitoring
- Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) management
- Pre- and post-cardiac catheterization care
- Traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury management
- Sepsis and multisystem organ dysfunction management
- Rapid response and emergency critical care
Additional Requirements
- Local candidates within a 50-mile radius are not accepted.
- Travelers may be required to float to nearby sister facilities.
- Refusal to float may result in termination of the assignment or loss of guaranteed hours.
- Two professional references covering at least one year of work within the past three years are required during compliance.
- Candidates must disclose any previous employment or assignments at Providence facilities, including permanent, travel, registry, or per-diem roles.
- Background and licensing concerns must be disclosed before submission.
- COVID-19 vaccination is not required.
- Flu vaccination requirements should be confirmed with the facility.
Why Consider This Assignment?
Work in a Magnet-designated, Level II trauma hospital with exposure to complex medical, cardiac, neurological, and surgical critical care cases.
Interested and qualified ICU RNs are encouraged to apply!
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits