Travel Critical Care Float RN - $2,416 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Critical Care Float for a travel nursing job in Newark, New Jersey.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Critical Care Float
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 12/07/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Dec 7, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an RN - Critical Care Float with at least 1.5 years of critical care experience and NJ or Compact licensure for a day shift position in a combined ICU/CCU unit.

Details

• Combined ICU and CCU unit with floating required within skill set to ICU/CCU, CTICU, Step Down units, and ED Holding for ICU patients awaiting beds
• Day shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
• Patient ratios range from 1:1-3 in critical care and up to 1:4 if floated to stepdown, varying by census and acuity
• Every other weekend required
• Facility may call off up to 1 shift per 2 weeks
• EPIC charting experience required

Requirements

• Active NJ or Compact RN license required
• Current certifications: ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS
• Stroke CEUs preferred
• Minimum 1.5 years of critical care/ICU experience required
• Skills required: arterial line management, starting/maintaining IVs, phlebotomy, care of ventilated patients, interpretation of ABGs, post cardiac surgery care (not directly from OR), and interpretation/management of dysrhythmias
• 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 in a quaternary-care regional teaching hospital with one of the nation's largest heart transplant programs, an Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program, and a Structural Heart and Valve Center offering complex procedures including TAVR
• Navy blue scrubs required
• Must titrate cardiac drips and manage patients with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate
• Former employees of the health system must be separated for at least 1 year before returning as a traveler

American Traveler Job ID #P-786889. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - ICU

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