Travel PICU RN - $2,430 per week

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

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Critical Care Float
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 01/11/2027
• 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: Jan 11, 2027
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 3

Description

American Traveler is hiring a PICU RN for a Level I Trauma children's teaching hospital requiring NM or compact RN license and CRRT/ECMO experience.

Details

• PICU setting within a Level I Trauma, teaching children's hospital
• Patient ratio of 1:2
• Day shift, 3x12 hour shifts, 7:00-19:30, with rotating shifts possible during the contract
• 36 contracted hours per week
• 4 weekend shifts required per schedule for day shift (5 for night shift, as Fri/Sat/Sun nights count as weekends)
• Block or set schedules not guaranteed
• No on-call requirements
• Required to float to NICU
• May float to Peds ED for admitted patient assignments when holding patients
• Optional cross-training to PED assignments
• Patient population includes respiratory distress/failure, renal failure, trauma, CRRT, ECMO, heme/onc, multi-system organ failure, and suicide attempts
• Must be willing to care for up to 2 intubated patients when needed
• Uses Cerner charting system

Requirements

• Active NM or compact RN license required
• BLS and PALS certification required
• Minimum 1.5 years of recent PICU experience (within the last 2 years)
• Level I Trauma experience required
• CRRT and ECMO procedure experience required
• Ventilator management experience required
• Working knowledge of inotropic drips required
• Skills required include End-Tidal CO2 monitoring, intubation assistance/management, care of ventilated patients, acute airway care/maintenance, HFNC, suctioning (ETT, NT), tracheostomy care, IV therapy/phlebotomy, arterial line management, central line care and blood draws, PICC line management, TPN/lipids administration, anti-seizure medication administration, antiarrhythmic administration, continuous sedation management, IV vasopressor administration, pediatric dosage calculations, CVP monitoring, hemodynamic monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, infection control/PPE, wound assessment/care, insulin administration, gastric tube management, post-acute abdominal surgery care, isolation precautions/PPE, and urinary catheter insertion/management
• Flu shot required
• Pending license accepted

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing to pediatric patients with complex diagnoses including respiratory, renal, trauma, heme/onc, and multi-system organ failure cases
• Black scrubs required (not provided)
• COVID vaccine optional, but facility reports vaccination numbers and requires upload of vaccine series or declination
• RTO requests greater than 7 days require approval
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• No local candidates within 100 miles of the facility accepted
• Non-local driver's license required on file
• Former staff must have a 12-month separation before returning

American Traveler Job ID #P-776937. 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 - Pediatric ICU

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