ICU RN
Tacoma, WA
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Sep 28, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 2

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Night Shift ICU RN with 2+ years of specialty experience and a WA or compact RN license for a 13-week acute care assignment.

Details

• Acute care ICU/PCU setting with 82 critical care beds across 3 floors (48 ICU, 34 PCU)
• Primarily PCU with regular floating to ICU
• May be required to float to other Region Two facilities (St. Clare Hospital - Lakewood, WA and St. Elizabeth Hospital - Enumclaw, WA) with rate differential when floated outside primary facility
• Patient ratios: ICU 1:1 or 1:2, PCU 1:3
• Uses EPIC EMR
• 12-hour night shifts, 7p-7a
• Every other weekend required (Friday and Saturday nights)
• Holiday rotation required alongside permanent staff
• Charge nurse present on each floor along with 2 nurse aides per floor
• Tele/monitor techs available only in PCU
• 24/7 RT, pharmacy, and IV team support
• Dayshift hospitalist/intensivist on site; nights supported via virtual ICU and an in-house ARNP for procedures
• All critical care drips administered in ICU; PCU limited to cardizem, nitro, insulin, and heparin drips (no pressors, no vents in PCU)
• Ventilator management required in ICU
• Float eligible between all ICU and PCU units

Requirements

• Active WA or Compact RN license required
• BLS and ACLS certifications required (AHA)
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience in specialty required
• Strong Med-Surg RN background preferred
• IABP or CRRT experience not required unless previously trained
• BSN not required for this position
• Driver's license copy required for consideration
• Two professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years, including employment dates and rehire eligibility

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care primarily in the PCU with regular floating to ICU as needed
• Support critical care patients with a wide range of diagnoses
• Work alongside a collaborative care team including charge nurses, nurse aides, IV team, RT, and pharmacy
• Unit orientation planned for up to 1 week with an educator, minimum of 2 shifts
• No scrub color requirements
• Candidates may not have been directly employed (full time, part time, or PRN) with any CommonSpirit-associated facility, including CHI and/or Dignity, within the past year
• Candidates previously employed PRN through outside staffing firms will be considered