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: 11/02/2026
• 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: Nov 2, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Critical Care Float position requiring active NJ/Compact license and at least 1.5 years of critical care experience.

Details

• Combined ICU/CCU unit within a quaternary-care teaching hospital
• Day shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
• Critical care ratios of 1:1-3, or 1:4 if floated to stepdown
• Required to work every other weekend
• Float requirement includes ICU/CCU, CTICU, Step Down units, and ED Holding for ICU patients awaiting beds
• EPIC charting experience required
• Facility may call off up to 1 shift per 2 weeks

Requirements

• Active NJ or Compact RN license
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
• Minimum 1.5 years of critical care experience required
• Experience with arterial line management, starting/maintaining IVs, and phlebotomy
• Experience caring for ventilated patients and interpreting ABGs
• Experience with post cardiac surgery patients (not directly from OR)
• Experience interpreting and managing dysrhythmias
• EPIC charting experience required
• Swan-Ganz catheter experience highly preferred
• Experience with or exposure to IABP, Impella, and VAD highly preferred
• CTICU or medical cardiology experience preferred

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing within a combined ICU/CCU setting at a quaternary-care regional teaching hospital
• Facility is home to one of the nation's largest heart transplant programs and a Structural Heart and Valve Center performing complex procedures including TAVR
• Must float within skillset to ICU/CCU, CTICU, Step Down units, and ED Holding as needed
• Navy blue scrubs required
• Must work or provide on-call coverage for 1 of 2 or 2 of 3 winter holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's)
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate
• Former RWJBarnabas Health employees (full-time or PRN) must have been separated from the system for at least 1 year before returning as a traveler

American Traveler Job ID #P-769256. 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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