ICU RN
Seattle, WA
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Days

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Oct 26, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a Level I trauma teaching hospital requiring strong tele, ventilator, and dysrhythmia management skills.

Details

• Work in the ICU (7MB MCICU Med/CORICU) at a Level I trauma teaching hospital
• Patient population is 70% medical (sepsis, PNA, ARDS, organ failure, DKA) and 30% cardiology (heart failure, post arrest, arrhythmias)
• Day shift schedule, 3x12 hours, 7:00 AM-7:30 PM
• Patient ratios are 1:2 days and 1:3 nights
• Required to work every other weekend
• No on-call requirements
• Floating required within scope to other ICU units and boarder areas
• Uses Epic for charting and Pyxis for medication administration
• 13-week assignment length

Requirements

• Active WA or compact RN license required
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications required
• Must pass a tele dysrhythmia interpretation and management exam
• Minimum 2-3 years of solid MICU experience required
• Level I and Level II trauma experience required
• Prior travel nursing experience required
• Required skills: ventilator management, telemetry, and conscious sedation
• Required skills: IV therapy, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line care, PICC line management, and starting/maintaining IVs
• Required skills: assisting with chest tube insertion/removal and care of ventilated patients
• Required skills: continuous IV sedation, emergency medications, and titrating cardiac/vasoactive drips
• Required skills: CVVHD/CRRT and IV insulin protocols
• Required skills: cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and care of multisystem organ dysfunction/failure patients
• Preferred skills: IV starts, ICP monitoring, PA lines/Swan Ganz, hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun, Impella, and IABP
• Epic charting experience preferred

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing to a mixed medical and cardiac ICU population
• COVID vaccination and booster required with no exceptions
• Any solid color scrubs accepted; facility also provides light blue scrubs for unit use
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate with no radius restriction
• Minimal RTO accommodated, with no time off permitted during the first two weeks or orientation
• Prior UW staff must have an 18-month separation before returning as a traveler
• First-time travelers may be considered if they have strong relevant experience