Travel ICU RN - $2,007 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Clinic ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Kansas City, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/30/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

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 2 years of ICU experience and MO/compact RN licensure.

Details

• 32-bed MICU/SICU unit (16 MICU beds/16 SICU beds) within a Level 1 Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center
• 2:1 patient ratios
• Night shift, 7P-7A
• 3 12-hour shifts per week with every other weekend (or 4 weekend shifts in a 4-week period)
• Uses Meditech documentation system
• Floating required to like units including Cardiac Telemetry, Progressive Care Unit, Burn Unit, and ED Inpatient Overflow as needed

Requirements

• Active RN license (Missouri or compact) required
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
• TNCC certification preferred but not required
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• Skilled in trauma patient management, IV administration of vasoactive medications, ventilator management, chest tube management, post-op surgical patient care, cardiac rhythm identification and management, hemodynamic monitoring, and stroke patient care
• Advanced skills required in hemodynamic and ventilator management
• Experience with procedures such as chest tube placement, ventriculostomy, moderate sedation, CRRT, therapeutic hypothermia, ECMO, and arterial/central line placement
• US Social Security Number and date of birth required for consideration (no Canadian SSN accepted)
• Two professional references required for Missouri placements
• No employment gaps of 90 days or more within the past 12 months

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care in a high-acuity MICU/SICU setting treating trauma, surgical, and stroke patients
• Required dress code: navy scrub top (no t-shirts), navy or black scrub bottoms, and solid navy, white, or black jackets or undershirts
• Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility; no local candidates accepted
• First-time travelers may be considered

American Traveler Job ID #P-766169. 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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