ICU RN
Odessa, TX
American Traveler
4x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 4x12hrs
• Hours: 48 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Dec 1, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 2

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU Registered Nurse for a night shift assignment requiring critical care expertise and willingness to float to MS/Tele, PCU, or other units based on facility census.

Details

• Work in the ICU of a hospital, with potential assignment to PCU and MS/Tele based on facility needs
• Night shift schedule (4x12 hours), 18:30-7:00
• 36 or 48 hours per week considered
• Will float to MS/Tele when ICU census is low, with ratios of 5-6:1 on MS/Tele
• Floating may occur for the majority of scheduled shifts depending on census
• Typical ICU patient ratio of 1:2-3
• Cares for complex critical care patients including ventilated, cardiac, neuro, and renal patients
• Uses Cerner charting system

Requirements

• Active TX or compact RN license required
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, and TNCC or TCAR certifications required
• Completion of 6 hours total stroke education and EKG course required (facility can provide if needed)
• Cerner charting experience preferred
• Teaching hospital, community hospital, and Trauma Level II experience preferred
• Previous travel nursing experience required
• Skilled in IV therapy, arterial line management, central line care, PICC line management, and blood product administration
• Experience with ventilator management, BiPAP/CPAP, ABG interpretation, and airway suctioning
• Experience managing continuous IV sedation, paralytics, and vasoactive/cardiac drips
• Experience with neurological conditions including CVA, ICP monitoring, EVD, and post-craniotomy care
• Experience with cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia management, and multisystem organ dysfunction
• Experience in GI surgery care and IV insulin protocols preferred
• Phlebotomy and infection prevention/isolation precaution skills required

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing across ICU, PCU, and MS/Tele units as facility needs dictate
• Facility is in the process of opening a new PCU
• Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility as local candidates are not accepted
• RTO must be submitted for consideration
• Facility conducts its own mandatory onsite drug screen including marijuana testing, with any positive result resulting in automatic cancellation
• Candidates should avoid any products, including CBD, that could result in a positive drug screen