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Travel RN - ICU

Job in Odessa, Ector County, Texas, 79767, USA
Listing for: American Traveler, LLC.
Full Time, Per diem position Listed on 2026-11-06
Job specializations:
  • Nursing
    ICU Nurse, RN Nurse, Travel Nurse
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 83000 - 124000 USD Yearly USD 83000.00 124000.00 YEAR

Job Description & How to Apply Below

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU Registered Nurse for a night shift assignment requiring critical care expertise and willingness to float to MS/Tele, PCU, or other units based on facility census.

Requirements
  • Active TX or compact RN license required
  • Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
  • BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, and TNCC or TCAR certifications required
  • Completion of 6 hours total stroke education and EKG course required (facility can provide if needed)
  • Cerner charting experience preferred
  • Teaching hospital, community hospital, and Trauma Level II experience preferred
  • Previous travel nursing experience required
  • Skilled in IV therapy, arterial line management, central line care, PICC line management, and blood product administration
  • Experience with ventilator management, BiPAP/CPAP, ABG interpretation, and airway suctioning
  • Experience managing continuous IV sedation, paralytics, and vasoactive/cardiac drips
  • Experience with neurological conditions including CVA, ICP monitoring, EVD, and post-craniotomy care
  • Experience with cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia management, and multisystem organ dysfunction
  • Experience in GI surgery care and IV insulin protocols preferred
  • Phlebotomy and infection prevention/isolation precaution skills required
Responsibilities
  • Work in the ICU of a hospital, with potential assignment to PCU and MS/Tele based on facility needs
  • Night shift schedule (4x12 hours), 18:30-7:00
  • 36 or 48 hours per week considered
  • Will float to MS/Tele when ICU census is low, with ratios of 5-6:1 on MS/Tele
  • Floating may occur for the majority of scheduled shifts depending on census
  • Typical ICU patient ratio of 1:2-3
  • Cares for complex critical care patients including ventilated, cardiac, neuro, and renal patients
  • Uses Cerner charting system
  • Provide critical care nursing across ICU, PCU, and MS/Tele units as facility needs dictate
  • Facility is in the process of opening a new PCU
  • Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility as local candidates are not accepted
  • RTO must be submitted for consideration
  • Facility conducts its own mandatory onsite drug screen including marijuana testing, with any positive result resulting in automatic cancellation
  • Candidates should avoid any products, including CBD, that could result in a positive drug screen
Benefits
  • High Pay and Bonuses
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with Day 1 Options
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Weekly Payroll Deposit
  • Free Online CEUs
  • Generous Housing Allowance
  • Travel and Licensure Reimbursements
  • Non-taxed Per Diem and Subsidy
  • Traveler Rewards and Discounts

Job : P-782601

Open Positions: 2

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