Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit

Job Description & Requirements

Lance Soft is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Boone, North Carolina.

• Specialty:
  ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline:
  RN
• Start Date:
  
  03/30/2026
• Duration:
  13 weeks
• 35 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours, nights
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

Registered Nurse (RN) – ICU (Auto Offer)

📍 Boone, NC
🏥 Watauga Medical Center
🗓

Start Date:

March 30, 2026
📆 13-Week Contract
🌙 Night Shift | 3x12s (6:45 PM – 7:15 AM)
💰 Competitive Travel Pay

Watauga Medical Center is seeking an experienced ICU Registered Nurse for a 13-week travel assignment. This is a night shift position in a standard ICU setting with 1:1–1:2 ratios.

This is an AYA Auto Offer position — fast submission and quick turnaround for qualified candidates.

The ideal candidate will have strong critical care skills, recent travel experience, and flexibility to float as needed.

• 3x12-hour night shifts (6:45 PM – 7:15 AM)
• Up to 2 weekends per month
• Floating required to IMCU and Med Surg based on census
• Must be highly flexible with floating
• 13-week contract

• Minimum 2 years recent ICU experience
• 2+ years travel experience required
• Active North Carolina RN license or Multistate Compact license
• Must live 40+ miles from facility (local candidates not accepted)
• EPIC EMR experience required
• Certifications (AHA only):
  • BLS
  • ACLS
  • NIHSS
  • PALS

• Ventilator management
• Airway management
• Care of ventilated patients
• Interpretation of ABGs
• Management of dysrhythmias
• Cardiac monitoring
• Central line care & arterial line management
• Titration of vasoactive drips
• Continuous IV sedation
• Management of multi-system organ failure
• BiPAP/CPAP management
• High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
• Isolation precautions & infection prevention

⚠️ Pediatric patients are not frequent but are not redirected — candidates must be comfortable caring for pediatric ICU patients if needed.

• ICU Track 2 facility
• Patient ratios: 1:1–1:2 (may vary when floating)
• Patient populations:
  Adolescents, Adults, Geriatrics
• EMR: EPIC (recent proficiency required)
• Scrubs:
  All white or all navy

• COVID-19 Vaccine required (medical/religious exemptions allowed)
• Must provide driver’s license for address verification
• All RTO must be included at submission
• Qualivis cover sheet and current NURSYS report required
• Must disclose any background history prior to submission
• Return travelers must be gone 1 year before reapplying

Established in 2000, Lance Soft is a Certified MBE and Woman-Owned organization. Lancesoft Inc. is one of the highest rated companies in the industry. We have been recognized as one of the Largest Staffing firms and ranked in the top 50 fastest Growing Healthcare Staffing firms in 2022. Lancesoft offers short- and long-term contracts, permanent placements, and travel opportunities to credentialed and experienced professionals throughout the United States.

We pride ourselves on having industry leading benefits. We understand the importance of partnering with an expert who values your needs, which is why we’re 100% committed to finding you an assignment that best matches your career and lifestyle goals. Our team of experienced career specialists takes the time to understand your needs and match you with the right job Lancesoft has been chosen by Staffing Industry Analysts as one of the Best Staffing Firms to Work for.

Lance Soft specializes in providing Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, LPNs/LVNs, Social Workers, Medical Assistants, and Certified Nursing Assistants to work in Acute Care Centers, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Long-Term Care centers, Rehab Facilities, Behavioral Health Centers, Drug & Alcohol Facilities, Home Health & Community Health, Urgent Care Clinics, and many other provider-based facilities.

• Weekly pay
• Medical benefits