ICU Registered Nurse
Parkersburg, WV
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 30, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a 13-week night shift assignment requiring at least 1 year of critical care experience and proficiency with CRRT, IABP, and ventilator management.

Details

• Acute care ICU with 18 private rooms, all equipped with negative pressure capability for COVID patients
• Typical nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:2, with 1:1 for CRRT/organ donation cases, and may stretch to 1:3 with overflow
• Average daily census of 13 patients
• Patient population includes sepsis, pneumonia, COVID, CHF, COPD, DKA, overdose, renal failure, neurosurgical cases (lumbar drains, ventriculostomies), general surgery, and occasional MI and vascular patients
• Uses EPIC EMR
• 12-hour night shifts (1900-0730), with self-scheduling and block scheduling allowed as unit needs permit
• Weekend requirement is every other weekend, which could fall on Fri/Sat/Sun or Sat/Sun/Mon depending on unit needs
• Rare call or standby requirement
• Required to float to Stepdown and MedSurg units as needed
• Charge nurse carries an assignment on nights and weekends
• 1-2 PCTs on the unit depending on census and staffing
• Dedicated RT coverage in ICU 7a-7p, with RT covering all critical care 7p-7a
• Intensivist coverage 7a-7p daily with residents; hospitalist provides overnight coverage 6p-6a
• Telemetry monitoring (Phillips system) with ICU staff responsible for monitoring, interpretation, and admitting patients to the system, with remote tele tech backup

Requirements

• Active WV or compact RN license required
• Current certifications required: BLS (AHA), ACLS (AHA), and NIHSS
• Minimum 1 year of critical care experience required
• Must be competent with CRRT, IABP, ventilators, post-code/therapeutic hypothermia care, and skilled with all vasoactive medications, sedation, and paralytics
• Responsible for titrating all critical care drips within ordered parameters
• Responsible for central line care and removal
• Unexpired copy of driver's license required for consideration

Additional Information

• Prior travel nursing experience preferred
• Responsible for monitoring, interpreting, and admitting patients to the telemetry system
• Pharmacist available on the unit daily from 0700-1630
• Unit orientation includes 2 shifts of general/floor orientation
• EPIC education must be completed before starting on the floor, and general education competencies must be completed prior to arrival
• Scrub color is royal blue; scrub jackets are optional but must be actual scrub jackets (no hoodies or sweat-jackets)
• Holiday coverage may be required for travelers if unit needs cannot be met by permanent staff holiday rotation
• Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility to be eligible as a traveler
• Returning travelers must have taken a 2-year break before reapplying to any WVU Medicine location
• Travelers may not work within WVU Medicine for longer than one cumulative year without taking a 2-year break