GHR Healthcare - Travel Division is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Burlington, Vermont.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/02/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel ICU Registered Nurse (RN) – ICU Float Pool | 12-Hour Night Shifts
Travel ICU Registered Nurse opportunity in Burlington, Vermont, providing expert critical care across multiple specialized units in a high-acuity academic hospital environment.
Join a high-acuity ICU float pool as a travel Registered Nurse and provide evidence-based critical care across multiple specialized units. This on-site travel nursing assignment in Burlington, VT, offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative teaching hospital while caring for complex adult patients with a wide range of critical illnesses. Burlington is a vibrant lakeside community known for scenic Lake Champlain views, outdoor recreation, welcoming neighborhoods, and a lively downtown.
Travel Nursing Job Details
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,700–$2,840
- Location: Burlington, Vermont
- Job Type: Travel Registered Nurse contract
- Start Date: November 2, 2026
- End Date: February 22, 2027
- Contract Duration: Approximately 16 weeks
- Schedule: Approximately 36 hours per week; 12-hour night shifts
- Healthcare Setting: ICU Float Pool within a large teaching hospital environment
- Scheduling: Flexible scheduling required; minimum of every other weekend may be scheduled, and block schedules are not available
- Holiday Coverage: Two of the following four holidays may be required: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or New Year's Day
- Dress Code: Solid-color scrubs
ICU Registered Nurse Job Requirements
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license eligible for practice in Vermont
- At least 2 years of recent ICU or critical care nursing experience
- Prior travel nursing experience
- Experience working in a large teaching hospital with 500 or more beds
- Current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS and ACLS certifications
- NIH Stroke Scale certification completed before the start date
- Recent EPIC experience within the past 2 years
- Experience caring for patients with multisystem disease, mechanical ventilation, CRRT, intra-aortic balloon pumps, ECMO, COVID-related critical illness, and multiple titratable drips
- Strong hemodynamic monitoring and critical care assessment skills
- Reliable transportation is strongly recommended, particularly during Vermont's winter months
- CCRN certification is preferred
Critical Care Nursing Responsibilities
- Deliver comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to critically ill adult patients in an ICU float pool
- Float first, as needed, to areas including the Medical ICU, neuro overflow, Surgical ICU, and other comparable critical care or surge units
- Care for patients following cardiac surgery, vascular procedures, trauma, general surgery, neurosurgery, and other complex diagnoses
- Initiate and maintain peripheral IV access and manage multiple titratable medication infusions
- Provide advanced ventilator management and continuous critical care monitoring
- Care for patients receiving CRRT, ECMO, intra-aortic balloon pump support, and other advanced therapies
- Rapidly assess changes in patient condition and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to implement appropriate interventions
- Adapt effectively to changing assignments, unit needs, and patient acuity while maintaining excellent standards of patient care
- Document assessments, interventions, and patient outcomes accurately in EPIC
Apply now for this ICU travel nursing opportunity in Burlington, Vermont, and join a collaborative critical care team serving complex adult patients.
Benefits
401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
GHR Healthcare - Travel Division Job ID #530384. 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: ICU
About GHR Healthcare - Travel Division
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