ICU RN
Fort Lauderdale, FL
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Days

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Dec 15, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a high-acuity Respiratory Care stepdown unit requiring recent critical care, trauma, and neuro experience.

Details

• Work in a high-acuity stepdown ICU within the Respiratory Care Unit
• Patient ratio of 3:1, with potential for 4:1 depending on staffing needs
• Day shift schedule (3x12 hours), 7:00 AM-7:30 PM
• Required to work every other weekend
• Floating required as needed
• Holiday coverage required as needed
• Uses Epic EMR

Requirements

• Active FL or Compact RN license required in hand at time of consideration
• Current BLS and ACLS certification via AHA
• NIH Stroke Scale certification required in hand at time of consideration
• Minimum 3 years recent critical care experience with acute/chronically ill patients requiring ventilator support
• Trauma and neuro experience required
• Degree from an accredited nursing school, or a degree approved by the Florida Board of Nursing combined with 2 years of recent consecutive acute care experience within a US hospital in the past 24 months
• Epic EMR experience required
• Must successfully complete a Florida AHCA Level 2 background screening, including fingerprint-based state and federal criminal history checks and abuse registry review
• Must pass a basic arrhythmia/EKG competency assessment

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing in a high-acuity stepdown environment with ventilator-dependent patients
• Must be willing to work in stepdown with up to a 4:1 ratio if necessary
• No blocked scheduling requests accepted
• No requests for holidays off
• Maximum RTO of 4 days
• Good critical care assessment skills required
• Travel pairs will not be considered
• Facility is smoke-free
• Local candidates accepted within a 60-mile radius at a reduced rate
• Former Broward Health permanent employees must have a 1-year separation before returning as a traveler
• Candidates from Operation Nightingale Schools are not accepted