Night-Shift Travel RN: SICU/Trauma, Epic, Housing Allowance

American Traveler; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High Pay and Bonuses

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan

Weekly Payroll Deposit

Free Online CEUs

Housing Allowance

Travel and Licensure Reimbursements

Non-taxed Per Diem and Subsidy

Traveler Rewards and Discounts

Job summary

American Traveler is hiring a Registered Nurse for a Surgical/Trauma ICU night shift in a Level 1 trauma teaching hospital. Requires VA/compact RN license, BLS/ACLS, and Epic EMR experience. Minimum 1 year SICU experience and TNCC preferred. BSN preferred. Role includes 36–48 hours weekly with 3x12-hour night shifts and rotating holidays.

Responsibilities include direct critical care, chest tube and sedation monitoring, and orientation modules. Expect 1:2 patient care and shift-specific duties.

Qualifications

• Active VA or compact RN license; license in hand by start date.
• BLS and ACLS certification required; TNCC preferred.
• Minimum 1 year of recent SICU experience.
• Epic EMR experience required.
• BSN preferred.
• Teaching hospital and Level I/II trauma experience preferred.
• Skilled in IV therapy, arterial line management, blood product administration, central and PICC line care.
• Experience with ventilated patients, HFNC, ABG interpretation, and ETT/NT suctioning.
• Experience titrating vasoactive drips and administering continuous IV sedation.
• Experience with EVD, ICP monitoring, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury care preferred.
• Skilled in cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia management, and multisystem organ dysfunction care.

Responsibilities

• 14-bed Surgical/Trauma ICU in a Level 1 trauma teaching hospital.
• Care for adult surgical and trauma critical care patients with a 1:2 patient ratio.
• Night shift, 3x12-hour shifts (7:00 PM-7:00 AM).
• Work every other weekend and 2 of the 3 winter holidays.
• Can offer 36 or 48 hours per week.
• Block scheduling cannot be guaranteed.
• Float within scope of practice per facility policy.
• Use Epic EMR.
• Provide direct critical care nursing to adult surgical and trauma ICU patients.
• Assist with chest tube insertion/removal and procedural sedation monitoring as needed.
• Complete specialty-specific orientation modules (up to 16 non-billable hours) in Workday.
• Maximum of 40 hours RTO per 13-week contract; disclose start date vacations.
• Disclose any start-date vacations to arrange appropriate start date.
• External travelers may have limits on total days and return eligibility.

Skills

RN license VA/compact

BLS/ACLS

Epic EMR

SICU experience

Night shift nursing

Education

BSN preferred

Tools

Epic EMR

Job description

American Traveler is hiring a Registered Nurse for a Surgical/Trauma ICU night shift in a Level 1 trauma teaching hospital. Requires VA/compact RN license, BLS/ACLS, and Epic EMR experience. Minimum 1 year SICU experience and TNCC preferred. BSN preferred. Role includes 36–48 hours weekly with 3x12-hour night shifts and rotating holidays.

Responsibilities include direct critical care, chest tube and sedation monitoring, and orientation modules. Expect 1:2 patient care and shift-specific duties.