Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Columbia, Missouri.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/15/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Breakdown – Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) RN
Specialty: Pediatric ICU (PICU) – Registered Nurse
Facility: MU Health Care
Location: Missouri (MO) — exact facility location should be confirmed.
1. Shift and contract details
- Shift: Night shift, 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM
- Schedule: 3 × 12-hour shifts per week
- Weekends: Required
- Blocked schedule: May be available Friday–Sunday or Saturday–Monday.
- Orientation: 12 hours
- Guaranteed hours: Not explicitly specified.
- Local candidates: Accepted under the applicable distance rules.
- First-time travelers: Accepted.
2. Required experience
- Minimum 2 years of PICU nursing experience.
- Experience caring for critically ill pediatric patients.
- Patient ratio experience: approximately 2:1 on days and nights; weekend ratio is listed as 1, so confirm its meaning.
- Charge nurse experience is preferred, not mandatory.
- Level I trauma experience is preferred.
- Cerner charting experience is preferred.
3. Required certifications
- BLS – Basic Life Support
- PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support
TNCC: Appreciated but not required.
The job also requires a valid Missouri or compact RN license in hand at submission.
4. Clinical skills
The candidate should be comfortable with:
- Pediatric critical care and pediatric dosage calculations.
- Ventilator management and care of ventilated patients.
- Intubation assistance and acute airway management.
- High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and BiPAP/CPAP.
- Arterial line and central line management.
- PICC line care and blood draws.
- IV insertion, IV vasopressors, and blood product administration.
- ECG/dysrhythmia interpretation and management.
- ABG interpretation.
- Tracheostomy care and suctioning.
- Insulin administration and insulin pumps.
- Infection control and PPE.
5. Unit details
- Unit: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
- Beds: 9 listed in the unit details, while the description mentions 13 beds plus 3 swing beds, for a total capacity of 16.
- Patient population: Infants, children, and adolescents.
- Patient diagnoses: Respiratory illness, sepsis, postoperative surgical cases, hematology/oncology conditions, renal transplant patients, and other critical illnesses.
- Support services: Respiratory therapy, IV team, pharmacy, radiology, physical therapy, social services, and rapid response teams.
6. Local radius rules
- Within 50 miles: Not eligible to submit as a traveler.
- 51–74 miles: Eligible at the local rate; confirm the rate with the account manager.
- Beyond 74 miles: The stated local-rate restriction does not apply, subject to other eligibility rules.
7. Submission and compliance requirements
- Email, phone number, SSN, and DOB are required in the submission profile.
- Maximum requested time off (RTO): 10 days.
- No RTO during the first week because of orientation.
- Compliance deadline: Wednesday before the start date, by 2 PM Pacific Time.
- Modules average 4–6 hours and are non-billable.
- At least 50% of holidays during the contract must be worked.
- Travelers can work up to three consecutive 13-week contracts at MU Health Care before a mandatory six-month break.
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits