Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit

Voca Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU
- Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Tyler, Texas.

• Specialty:
  ICU
  - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline:
  RN
• Start Date:
  
  11/17/2026
• Duration:
  13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours, nights
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

Medical-Surgical ICU RN – Job Requirements

Job :

Health System: UT Health / Ardent – Texas

• Experience:
  
  2 years of ICU nursing experience listed in structured qualifications; narrative describes 2 years as preferred.
• Travel
  
  Experience:
  
  Structured qualifications mark prior travel experience as required; narrative lists it as preferred.
• License:
  Active Texas RN license or qualifying compact multistate RN license in hand at submission.
• Certifications:
  • BLS – Required
  • ACLS – Required
  • NIHSS – Listed with an asterisk; verify whether required.
  • PALS – Listed with an asterisk; verify whether required.
• Charting:
  Epic experience REQUIRED.
• Patient Ratio
  
  Experience:
  
  1:2–3 ICU ratios.
• Charge Nurse
  
  Experience:
  
  Preferred, not required.

• Medical-Surgical ICU nursing and management of critically ill adults.
• Mechanical ventilation, BiPAP/CPAP, and high-flow oxygen.
• Hemodynamic monitoring and titration of cardiac/vasoactive drips.
• Arterial line and central line management.
• CRRT/CVVHD experience, including NxStage equipment.
• Continuous IV sedation and insulin protocols.
• Cardiac dysrhythmia recognition and management.
• Blood product administration and IV therapy.
• Management of acute/chronic renal failure and multisystem organ dysfunction.
• Post-operative surgical ICU care, including GI surgery.
• ABG interpretation, infection prevention, and emergency response.

Category-Details

Specialty-Medical-Surgical ICU

Health System-UT Health / Ardent

Shift-12-hour Nights

Hours-7:00 PM–7:00 AM

Weekly Hours-36 or 48

Patient Ratio-1:2

Unit Beds-16

Average Census-14

Patient Population-Adults and geriatrics

Weekends-6 shifts per 6-week period

Floating-Based on staffing/schedule

EMR-Epic – Required

CRRT Equipment-Nx Stage

Orientation-12 hours

Charge Experience-Preferred

• License:
  Texas or qualifying compact RN license must be active at submission.
• License Discipline:
  License hits not accepted.
• Local Restrictions: UT Health does not accept travelers residing in the following Texas counties:
  Henderson, Anderson, Cherokee, Rusk, Panola, Smith, Gregg, Van Zandt, Wood, Upshur, Camp, Hopkins, Franklin, Titus, and Morris.
• RTO:
  All requested time off must be disclosed at submission.
• Former Employees:
  Must wait 1 year before returning as a traveler.
• Onboarding:
  Core compliance items and labs must be completed within 48 hours of signing.
• Modules:
  Approximately 4–6 hours for RNs, nonbillable, completed onsite during orientation.

• No active Texas or qualifying compact RN license at submission.
• No prior Epic experience.
• Insufficient ICU experience or inability to manage 1:2 ICU ratios.
• Missing BLS or ACLS.
• No experience with ventilators, vasoactive drip titration, or high-acuity ICU patients.
• Resides in one of the restricted Texas counties.
• Disciplinary license hits.
• Unable to meet the weekend or floating requirements.

As a Voca Traveler, you will gain new clinical skills, visit amazing places and meet awesome healthcare professionals.

As a travel health professional, your experience and dedication to patient care is in high demand throughout the United States. Whether you are a veteran traveler looking for your next opportunity, or you are looking to travel for the first time, Voca is here to support you. Voca’s experienced and dedicated travel team works in concert with you every step of the way.

Our long-standing partnerships with some of the most respected and recognized healthcare organizations in the country allow us to identify career opportunities to help you increase your knowledge and experience while working with some of the best physicians and healthcare professionals in the world. At Voca, we strongly believe a better career results in a happier you. We are here to help you find a position that is professionally and personally rewarding.

• Holiday Pay
• 401k retirement plan
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Guaranteed Hours