ICU | Registered Nurse | 13-Week Travel RN Contract – Newark, NJ

Travel ICU Registered Nurse (RN) – Critical Care Float in Newark, NJ

Join a high-acuity critical care team as a Travel ICU Registered Nurse in Newark, New Jersey. This 13-week travel nursing assignment offers the opportunity to care for adolescent and adult patients across the ICU, CCU, CTICU, step-down, and designated holding areas while working in a collaborative, fast-paced healthcare environment. Newark provides convenient access to major metropolitan amenities, diverse cultural experiences, and a vibrant New Jersey healthcare community.

Travel ICU RN Job Details

• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,130–$2,250
• Location: Newark, New Jersey
• Start Date: November 9, 2026
• Contract Duration: 13 weeks
• Schedule: 3 shifts per week, 12-hour day shifts, approximately 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Patient Population: Adolescents and adults
• Patient Ratios: Approximately 1:1–3 in critical care and up to 1:4 when floated to step-down, depending on acuity, census, and staffing
• Charting System: Epic
• Scrubs: Navy blue
• Holiday Coverage: Clinicians may be required to work or provide on-call coverage for designated winter holidays based on unit needs

ICU Registered Nurse Requirements

• At least 1.5 years of recent critical care nursing experience
• Active New Jersey or Compact Registered Nurse (RN) license at the time of submission
• Current ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications
• Epic charting experience
• Demonstrated ability to float within the ICU and critical care skill set, including ICU, CCU, CTICU, step-down, and designated ED holding areas for admitted patients
• Experience caring for ventilated patients and interpreting arterial blood gases
• Competency with arterial line management, IV initiation and maintenance, and phlebotomy
• Experience interpreting and managing cardiac dysrhythmias
• Post-cardiac surgery experience preferred
• Swan-Ganz catheter experience preferred
• Experience with or exposure to IABP, Impella, and ventricular assist devices preferred
• Previous CTICU or medical cardiology experience preferred

Critical Care Nursing Responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence-based nursing care to critically ill adolescent and adult patients
• Monitor, assess, and manage patients with complex medical, surgical, and cardiopulmonary conditions
• Care for ventilated patients and interpret arterial blood gases to support timely clinical interventions
• Manage arterial lines, IV access, cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmias, and critical care therapies
• Support patients before and after cardiac surgery and cardiac catheterization or intervention when applicable
• Float within the assigned skill set to the ICU, CCU, CTICU, step-down, and designated holding areas as patient-care needs require
• Collaborate with providers and the interdisciplinary care team to develop and implement individualized plans of care
• Document assessments, interventions, and patient responses accurately in Epic
• Promote infection prevention, patient safety, patient education, and continuity of care throughout each assignment

Apply now for this Travel ICU Registered Nurse opportunity and join a high-acuity critical care team in Newark, New Jersey.

Benefits

401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.