Local Contract Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Macon, GA
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Jun 22, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced ICU RN for a Medical Intensive Care Unit position at a Level 1 Trauma teaching hospital, requiring a minimum of 2 years of ICU experience and night shift availability.

Details

• Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) in a 637-licensed-bed Level 1 Trauma, academic teaching hospital with Chest Pain and Stroke Center designations
• 14-bed MICU with a typical census of 14 patients
• Patient population includes medical ICU patients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, renal failure, sepsis, GI bleed, DKA, stroke, ARDS, pneumonia, cancer, and overdoses
• Cares for hemodynamically unstable patients requiring invasive monitoring, chronic ventilator patients, and chronic trach patients
• RN-to-patient ratio of 1:1–2 (occasionally 1:3)
• 12-hour night shifts, 7p–7a, 36 hours per week
• Weekend rotation of 5–6 shifts per 6-week schedule
• Floating required to all adult ICU units in-house, including PCU
• EMR: Epic (experience required)
• IV pumps: Alaris; medication dispensing: Pyxis; patient monitors: Philips
• Unit-specific equipment includes TABLO (renal replacement therapy), Belmont Rapid Infuser, VS3 vital sign monitors, Nova Glucose Stat Strips, PCA pain management, SCDs, and cooling/heating blankets

Requirements

• Active GA or Compact RN license currently in hand
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
• CCRN preferred but not required
• Minimum 2 years of ICU RN experience required, with most recent experience within the last year
• Level 1 Trauma and/or academic teaching hospital experience preferred given work environment
• Proficient in trach care, chest tube management, PIV starts, insulin drips (including Glucommander), heparin drips, and vasoactive medication management
• Experience monitoring and managing invasive lines including arterial lines, central venous lines, and intracranial pressure monitoring
• Experience with ventilator management required
• Experience with TABLO renal replacement therapy preferred
• Epic EMR experience required
• Last 4 digits of SSN and full date of birth required for consideration
• Minimum 1 professional reference dated within the past year from a Supervisor, Manager, Director, or Charge RN

Additional Information

• Responsibilities include managing hemodynamically unstable patients, titrating drips to hemodynamic parameters, and assisting with bedside procedures such as chest tube placement, tracheostomy, and PEG tube placement
• CNAs on unit assist with vitals, glucose checks, baths, feeding, ambulation, turning, hourly rounding, and patient transport
• Unit secretary present 7a–11p; house-wide call secretary available 11p–7a
• Charge nurse may carry a patient assignment
• Phlebotomy is lab-collected on most units; nurses draw from CVLs
• PICC team available; no general IV team
• Respiratory therapy, hospitalist, and intensivist coverage available 24/7
• Central Telemetry Unit provides telemetry monitoring support
• Resource/discharge nurses and a float resource team support the unit
• Orientation consists of 1 day of facility orientation with educational modules followed by 2 days of departmental orientation
• Holiday coverage required — one shift each for Thanksgiving Day or the day after, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve or New Year's Day
• Scrub color: Navy
• Free parking available on campus; paid parking deck option also available
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Candidates who have worked a permanent position at an AHSE facility must have been separated for at least 1 year to be eligible
• Local candidates are accepted — no radius rule applies, same rate for local travelers