ICU Registered Nurse
Columbus, GA
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: May 11, 2026
• Length: 12 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a travel RN for an ICU position requiring a minimum of 2 years of experience, Epic proficiency, and strong critical care skills including ventilator management and vasopressor titration.

Details

• Hospital ICU setting serving an adult to geriatric patient population
• High-acuity unit with a wide range of ICU diagnoses, including a high volume of ventilated patients and arterial lines (A-lines)
• Patient ratio of 1:2–3
• Night shift, 3x12-hour shifts (19:00–07:00)
• Every other weekend required
• Floating within the facility and to a sister campus within scope of practice as needed
• No on-call requirements
• Uses Epic (required), Pyxis, and SBAR communication framework
• Navy blue scrubs required

Requirements

• Active GA or compact RN license required
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• Proficiency with Epic EMR required
• Experience with titration of continuous infusions including sedation agents, pain medications, paralytic agents, and vasopressors required
• Competency on the Baxter PrisMax machine required to care for CRRT patients

Additional Information

• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates are accepted
• RTO maximum of 7 days; RTO cannot be requested during the first week of the assignment
• If one or two major holidays fall within the assignment period, the traveler is expected to work all of them with no holiday RTO permitted; if three major holidays fall within the assignment period, the traveler is expected to work two of them
• Major holidays include: Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving/Black Friday (counts as 1), Christmas Eve/Christmas Day (counts as 1), and New Year's Eve/New Year's Day (counts as 1)
• Travelers must be away from all Piedmont facilities for a full year before returning as a traveler
• Multidisciplinary morning rounds include the intensivist, bedside RN, PharmD, RRT, OT/PT, dietitian, case manager, and wound care
• Patient transport (e.g., to CT) is performed by the bedside RN, tech, and RRT if the patient is on a ventilator
• Night shift NPs place central lines, vascaths, and A-lines, attend all codes, manage ICU care issues, and admit patients from the ED to the ICU — they serve as first call before the intensivist
• No schedule change requests or alternate shift requests are permitted; the posted night shift is firm