Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Prime Staffing
3x12 hrs, Nights

Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – ICU / Respiratory Care Unit
Location:Fort Lauderdale, FL 
Contract: 13 Weeks
Shift: Nights | 3×12-hour shifts | 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM
Schedule: Every other weekend and holidays as needed
Charting System: Epic

Position Overview

Seeking experienced ICU Registered Nurses for its high-acuity Respiratory Care Unit. Candidates must have strong critical care assessment skills and recent experience caring for acutely and chronically ill patients requiring ventilator support. Trauma and stroke experience are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill patients in a high-acuity respiratory care and step-down setting.
• Assess, monitor, and document patient conditions, identifying and escalating changes promptly.
• Care for patients requiring ventilator support and management of complex medical conditions.
• Apply critical care nursing skills in trauma and neurological patient care.
• Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, and interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement care plans.
• Administer medications and treatments and monitor patient responses.
• Maintain accurate documentation using Epic.
• Follow patient safety, infection prevention, and facility protocols.
• Float as needed to support facility staffing requirements.
• Participate in holiday coverage and overtime as required.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of recent critical care experience.
• Recent experience caring for acute and chronically ill patients requiring ventilator support.
• Trauma and stroke experience required.
• Strong critical care assessment skills.
• Willingness to work in a step-down setting with patient ratios up to 4:1, depending on staffing.
• Epic experience required.
• Active Florida or Compact RN license in hand.
• BLS and ACLS through the American Heart Association.
• NIH certification required and must be available at submission.
• Nursing degree from an accredited institution; additional Florida Board of Nursing approval and recent acute-care experience requirements may apply where specified by the facility.

Preferred Qualifications

• Charge Nurse experience
• SICU or MICU experience
• Availability for overtime