Critical Care Float RN
Newark, NJ
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 2, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an RN - Critical Care Float for a quaternary-care teaching hospital, requiring NJ or compact licensure and at least 1.5 years of critical care experience.

Details

• Combined ICU and CCU unit within a critical care float role
• Night shift schedule, 3x12 hours (19:00-07:30)
• Patient ratios of 1:1-3 in critical care and 1:4 if floated to stepdown, varying by census and acuity
• Required to float within skillset to ICU/CCU, CTICU, Step Down units, and ED Holding for ICU patients awaiting beds
• Every other weekend requirement
• Facility may call off 1 shift per 2 weeks
• EPIC charting system used

Requirements

• Active NJ or Compact RN license required
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
• Minimum 1.5 years of critical care experience required
• Experience with arterial line management, starting/maintaining IVs, and phlebotomy required
• Experience caring for ventilated patients and interpreting ABGs required
• Experience with post cardiac surgery care (not directly from OR) and interpretation/management of dysrhythmias required
• EPIC charting experience required
• Stroke CEUs preferred
• Swan-Ganz catheter experience highly preferred
• Experience with or exposure to IABP, Impella, and VAD highly preferred
• CTICU or medical cardiology experience preferred
• Previous charge experience preferred
• Trauma Level I and II experience preferred

Additional Information

• Work within a 653-bed quaternary-care regional teaching hospital with a large heart transplant program and Structural Heart and Valve Center
• Must work or provide on-call coverage for 1 of 2 or 2 of 3 winter holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's)
• Navy blue scrubs required
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate
• Former RWJBarnabas Health employees (full-time or PRN) must be separated from the system for at least 1 year before returning as a traveler