Travel ICU Float Pool RN - $2,276 per week

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

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Critical Care Float
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/06/2026
• 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 6, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a float pool position requiring float coverage across multiple ICU specialties and step-down units at a Level I Trauma Center.

Details

• ICU Float Pool position within a Level I Trauma Center, Academic Medical Center
• Floats between two campuses located two blocks apart, sharing a parking lot with shuttle service available
• Floats to 5 ICU specialties and step-down units, including a pulmonary step-down unit with 1:3 ratios
• Day shift schedule, 3x12 or 4x12 hour shifts (7:00-19:00)
• Every other weekend requirement
• No on-call requirements
• Uses Epic charting system

Requirements

• Active CT or compact RN license required prior to start date
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required (1.5 years considered with Level I Trauma or travel experience)
• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
• TNCC certification preferred
• Level I Trauma Center experience at a large facility required
• Skills required: IV therapy, arterial line management, central line care, ventilator patient care, continuous IV sedation, cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and Swan Ganz/pulmonary artery line monitoring
• EVD (external ventricular drain) experience preferred
• 1 professional reference required

Additional Information

• Provide direct ICU-level nursing care across multiple specialty units and step-down settings as needed
• Must be willing to participate in natural disaster or emergency response activities as required by the facility
• Flu vaccine required with no declinations accepted
• COVID vaccine and booster required, with medical or religious exemptions only
• RTO requests greater than 7 days require additional approval
• Local candidates not accepted; must reside outside a 75-mile radius of the facility
• Former staff must have been separated from the health system for at least 2 years to be eligible as a traveler
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply

American Traveler Job ID #P-764802. 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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