Travel ICU RN - $2,419 per week

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

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/16/2026
• 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: Nov 16, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an ICU RN for a Level III trauma hospital requiring at least 1 year of critical care experience and ACLS/BLS certification.

Details

• Work in the ICU of an acute care hospital, serving as an SCU/ED float RN
• Unit has 8 rooms and 10 beds with an average daily census of 5
• Night shift schedule, 3x12 hours (1900-0730)
• Required to work up to every other weekend
• May be placed on-call as needed for the department
• Float to other units as needed, specifically the ED
• Uses Epic (Excellian) EMR system

Requirements

• Active MN RN license required (pending license accepted)
• Current ACLS and BLS certifications required; CCRN preferred
• Minimum 1 year of critical care/ICU experience required
• Experience with cardiac monitoring including interpretation and management of dysrhythmias and obtaining 12-lead EKGs
• Experience with multi-system organ failure management
• Experience with thermoregulation (hypothermia/hyperthermia) and IV insulin protocols
• GI surgery and chronic/acute renal failure experience required
• IV therapy skills including accessing ports, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line and PICC line care, and starting IVs
• Medication management skills including continuous IV paralytics/sedation, emergency medications, procedural sedation, and titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips
• Neurological case experience including CVA/stroke management, EVDs, ICP monitoring, lumbar drains, post-neurosurgery care, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury
• Respiratory/thoracic skills including BiPAP/CPAP management, ventilator management, chest tube assistance, HFNC, ABG interpretation, and suctioning
• Experience with infection precautions, isolation precautions/PPE, phlebotomy, and surgical wound/wound vac care
• CVVHD/CRRT experience preferred
• Pulmonary artery line/Swan Ganz monitoring, sheath removal, valve repair/replacement, and VAD experience preferred
• Epic/Excellian charting experience preferred

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing in a Level III trauma acute care hospital with 63 staffed beds
• Navy scrub color required
• Candidates must reside more than 100 miles from the facility to be considered (locals not accepted)
• Candidates may float within the hospital or to a nearby affiliate hospital as needed
• RTO requests should ideally not exceed 5 days
• Returning staff must have been gone at least 3 months since their last shift worked as perm staff or per diem
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply

American Traveler Job ID #P-774396. 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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