Travel Nurse RN - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care in Forrest City, AR

Job Title

Registered Nurse (RN) – ICU | Travel

Location

Forrest City, AR | Acute Care

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Travel | 12-Week Assignment | Full-Time | Onsite | Day Shift (7:00 AM start) | Projected Start: October 5, 2026

Key Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care for critically ill adult patients in a high-acuity ICU environment.
• Monitor and interpret vital signs, cardiac rhythms, laboratory results, and other diagnostic data; recognize changes in patient condition and initiate appropriate interventions promptly.
• Manage ventilated patients, invasive lines, vasoactive medications, and other critical-care therapies.
• Administer medications, blood products, IV fluids, and treatments per physician orders and hospital policy; accurately document all assessments, interventions, and care plans.
• Respond to rapid-response and emergency situations as assigned; participate in weekend and holiday rotations as required.
• Communicate effectively during handoff reports and interdisciplinary rounds; educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, treatments, and discharge needs.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Current, unrestricted RN license in the state of practice or active multistate compact privilege.
• Minimum of two (2) years of recent ICU or critical-care nursing experience.
• Prior travel nursing experience required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification required.
• Demonstrated experience caring for ventilated patients and managing critical-care medications.
• Ability to pass required background checks, drug screening, health screening, and competency assessments.
• Must not be local to the facility to be eligible for this travel assignment.

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Experience with electronic medical records and computerized clinical documentation systems.
• Strong critical-thinking, clinical-assessment, and prioritization skills in a multi-patient high-acuity setting.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new facility processes, workflows, and changing patient needs.
• Effective communication, teamwork, and conflict-resolution skills within an interdisciplinary care team.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting quality patient care and safe staffing levels in a critical-care setting.
• Gain valuable travel nursing experience in a structured 12-week assignment with a defined schedule.