Travel ICU RN - $2,411 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Albany, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/06/2026
• 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: Sep 6, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Critical Care Float Pool position requiring Epic EMR experience, level I trauma center background, and prior travel nursing experience.

Details

• Work in the Critical Care Float Pool at a hospital main campus
• Float across multiple ICU environments including neuro/trauma SICU, MICU, CPS/VICU, CCU, and progressive critical care unit (PCCU)
• May also care for ICU/PCC patients boarding in the ED and PACU awaiting bed placement
• Day shift schedule from 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
• Every other weekend required
• Rotating holiday coverage required
• 48 hours per week may be available for candidates interested in additional hours
• Uses Epic EMR

Requirements

• Active NY RN license required at time of consideration
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications from AHA or RQI required
• Minimum 2 years of recent ICU experience required
• Level I trauma center experience preferred
• Experience floating across a variety of ICU units highly desired
• Epic EMR experience required
• Prior travel nursing experience required
• No employment gaps of 90 days or more within the past 12 months
• Must complete a competency test within 24 hours of consideration
• Medical exemptions only accepted for flu vaccination; personal or religious declinations not accepted

Additional Information

• Deliver critical care nursing across multiple ICU specialty units as part of a float pool team
• Navy blue scrubs required as part of dress code
• Local candidates residing within a 50-mile radius of the facility in Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Ulster, Warren, or Washington counties are not eligible for this position
• More than 3 call-offs within a 13-week contract may result in contract termination, with make-up shifts required within 6 weeks of the last call-off
• No blocked scheduling permitted
• RTO must be requested at time of consideration

American Traveler Job ID #P-739689. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - ICU

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