Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care - $2,962 per week

TalentBurst, Inc is seeking a travel nurse RN PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/05/2026
• Duration: 26 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Title: PICU Registered Nurse
Location: Charlotte North Carolina 28203
Duration: 26 Weeks

Shift: 12hr Night Shift - 36

Shift Information: 1900-0700

Clinical Interviewing- No

On Call, Call Back Requirements: No Call

Weekend Rotation: will be required to work 2 Fridays, 2 Saturdays, 2 Sundays and 2 Mondays every 6-week schedule

Holiday Requirements: Travelers will work 75% of holidays, Unit requirement is the eve and day of every other holiday while contracted

Floating Requirements: as needed within facility to other units

**Start Date- Oct 5th**

About Facility:

• 247 Licensed Beds
• Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center
• Teaching Hospital
• Chest Pain Center
• Certified Stroke Center
• Radius rule: Traveler s permanent address must be 50 miles outside of home unit

Unit Information:

• Beds: 24; 21-23 patient census on average

Required Experience: 2 years of strong high acuity Pediatric ICU experience – must be comfortable in a high acuity, fast paced environment

• Will you accept a first-time traveler: Yes

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

• Respiratory, Trauma (which includes penetrating and non-accidental trauma, NAT), DKA, Seizures, Neurosurgical, Acute/Chronic Renal Failure, Orthopedic, Surgical, Transplants (Kidney and whole/partial Liver), complex Medical, Blood Disorders

Patient Ratios:

• RN: Varies on acuity: 2:1, 1:1, 1:2

Required Licensure & Certifications:

• RN: BLS, PALS

Skills required:

• EPIC experience, experience with Artic Sun, EVDs, Camino device (ICP and temp monitoring device), Belmont Rapid Infuser, management of critical care vasoactive drip titration, management of invasive lines – ART lines/CVP, aseptic and sterile techniques, basic dressing changes, ventilator and trach management, HOFV management, oral/nasal suctioning, g-tube/j-tube management, feeding tubes, chest tubes, epidurals, PCAs, sedation and analgesic drip management, Foley insertion and management, Alaris & Medfusion pump management, bedside procedures with providers, discharge skills, CRRT experience
• Ability/Competency to float to Pediatric CVICU – discussed during interview

Support within the Department:

• CNA - 1 Health Care tech per day to support unit secretary duties and nursing support needs throughout the shift (runners, bathing, etc.)
• Unit Secretary every shift
• Charge nurse, 24/7
• Phlebotomy, 24/7
• IV/VAT Team, 24/7
• Resource Nurse
• RT, 24/7
• Intensivist, 24/7
• Residents, in house
• APP, in house
• Telemetry monitoring Tech: No
  • Centralized and bedside monitoring

Technology/Equipment:

• EMR: EPIC
• IV Pump: Alaris and Medfusion syringe pumps
• Med dispensing: Omnicell
• Monitors: Phillips
• Equipment: Belmont Rapid Infuser, Accuvein, PIV Ultrasound, Artic Sun, Camino, EV-1000 Vigileo, I-stat and Accuryn

Floating: If yes, where:

• Pediatric CVICU, NICU, Neonatal PCU, Gen Peds – will float as needed

Orientation (facility and unit):

• NEO
• 2 days departmental

Scheduling:

• Weekend rotation: will be required to work 2 Fridays, 2 Saturdays, 2 Sundays and 2 Mondays every 6-week schedule
• The combination of the 2 Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays can be grouped together or worked separately as long as those eight (8) shifts occur within the 6-week period
• No call for travelers, if the PICU cannot utilize them, they may be floated to PCVICU, Peds Progressive, NICU or general Peds units within LCH
• Holiday Expectations: Travelers will work 75% of holidays, Unit requirement is the eve and day of every other holiday while contracted
• RTO: Manager approval
• Shift times: 0645 – 1915, 1845 - 0715
• Schedule cycle: every 6 weeks

Other notes:

• Scrub Color: Navy
• Parking: Free: Yes
• Unit Culture: Teamwork, Trust, Accountability, Respect, compassionately hard working

26-29492 (M)

About TalentBurst, Inc