Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care

Amergis Healthcare Staffing, Inc. is seeking a travel nurse RN PICU
- Pediatric Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Specialty:
  PICU
  - Pediatric Intensive Care
• Discipline:
  RN
• Duration:
  13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours, days, nights
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

PICU RN – Travel Only

Location: Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota

Start Date: 09/14/2026

Contract: 12 weeks

Hours: 48/week

Shifts: Straight Days or Straight Nights (12-Hour Shifts)

Pay: $4,228/week

Role Overview

Join the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit providing specialized critical care for infants, children, and adolescents with life-threatening illnesses and complex medical conditions. This position requires strong pediatric critical care experience and the ability to care for post-operative surgical, trauma, and cardiac patients in a high-acuity environment.

Required Experience

• Minimum 18 months to 2 years of recent PICU experience required
• Experience caring for pre-operative and immediate post-operative PICU surgical patients
• Experience caring for pediatric trauma patients
• Pediatric CVICU experience accepted if competent with cardiac surgical and procedural patients
• Strong pediatric critical care assessment and intervention skills
• Ability to function effectively in high-acuity crisis situations

Requirements

• Minnesota RN License (Not needed to submit)
• Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• BLS certification
• PALS certification
• ACLS preferred
• NRP preferred
• Demonstrated PICU clinical competency
• Must be at least 18 years of age

Additional Details

• 6 openings available
• 48-hour guaranteed contract (1.2 FTE)
• Every other weekend required
• No call requirement
• Must be willing to float between Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses as needed
• Charting system:
  Epic
• Phone interview conducted by the unit manager
• Patient ratios typically 1:1 to 1:2
• Royal blue scrub bottoms with kid-friendly or plain scrub tops
• Timekeeping through Kronos and paper timecards
• Facility may cancel up to 24 hours during the assignment
• File due Monday prior to start date

Amergis Job #: 1181883

Amergis, formerly known as Maxim Healthcare Staffing, has served our clients and communities by connecting people to the work that matters since 1988. We provide meaningful opportunities to our extensive network of healthcare and school-based professionals, ready to work in any hospital, government facility, or school. Through partnership and innovation, Amergis creates unmatched staffing experiences to deliver the best workforce solutions.