Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,624 per week

Bestica is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Utica, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/30/2026
• Duration: 14 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Travel RN – Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Utica, New York | 13-Week Contract

Join MVHS Inc. at Wynn Hospital in Utica, NY, as an ICU Registered Nurse. This assignment is ideal for experienced critical care nurses with strong CRRT/Prismaflex skills, Epic experience, and a background in high-acuity patient care.

Assignment Highlights

• Location: Utica, New York
• Facility: MVHS Inc. – Wynn Hospital
• Department: Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
• Start Date: November 30, 2026
• End Date: February 27, 2027
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Nights | 6:30 PM – 7:00 AM
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
• Scrub Color: Navy
• Local Candidates: Accepted (local rate applies within 75 miles)
• Floating: Required across eligible units

Your Role

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill patients across medical, neurological, cardiothoracic, surgical, and trauma ICU settings.
• Manage high-acuity patients with conditions including sepsis, stroke, respiratory failure, CHF, cardiogenic shock, and major postoperative complications.
• Monitor patients requiring CRRT, Prismaflex, NxStage, IABP, ventriculostomy, ICP monitoring, and targeted temperature management (TTM).
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, evidence-based critical care.
• Float to other eligible units as needed, excluding Behavioral Health and the Emergency Department unless assigned to holding.

✅ Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience in ICU, SICU, CTICU, Trauma ICU, Medical-Surgical ICU, or Neuro ICU.
• Previous travel nursing experience is mandatory.
• Active New York RN license at submission, with all active RN licenses verified through Nursys.
• Current AHA ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications.
• Epic EMR experience.
• Demonstrated experience with CRRT and Prismaflex.
• Updated resume documenting relevant ICU and travel nursing experience.
• Specialty-matched skills checklist.
• Driver's license address must match the address in candidate demographics.
• All requested time off (RTO) must be disclosed at submission.

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

• 4–5 years of ICU nursing experience.
• Strong cardiac and cardiothoracic critical care experience.
• Experience managing cardiogenic shock and cardiovascular surgical patients.

Unit & Clinical Environment

• Total Capacity: 42 ICU beds across Neuro/Medical, CTICU, and Surgical/Trauma units.
• Neuro/Medical ICU: Stroke, sepsis, altered mental status, neuro interventions, and respiratory failure.
• CTICU: Cardiovascular surgery, cardiogenic shock, and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery.
• Surgical/Trauma ICU: Trauma and complex postoperative surgical care.

Important Contract Details

• Block scheduling is not guaranteed.
• Daily and weekly overtime rules apply according to the contract: daily OT after 24 hours and weekly OT after 48 hours, based on the specified multiplier.
• Local candidates within 75 miles are eligible at the applicable local rate.

Why Consider This Assignment?

Work in a large, specialized ICU environment with exposure to complex medical, neurological, cardiac, and trauma cases while expanding your critical care travel nursing experience.

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Benefits

• Referral bonus