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ICU Registered Nurse (RN) Travel Contract – Float Pool & ED Holding | Puyallup, WA

Seeking an experienced ICU Registered Nurse for a 16-week travel nursing contract in Puyallup, Washington, supporting high-acuity ICU, PCU, and ED holding patients. Join a collaborative hospital team where your critical-care expertise, flexibility, and clinical judgment make a difference across multiple inpatient settings.

As a travel ICU RN, you will care for a diverse patient population in a fast-paced float pool and emergency department holding environment. You will collaborate with hospitalists, intensivists, respiratory therapists, technicians, and multidisciplinary care teams while floating within your scope of practice to ICU, PCU, medical-surgical, rehabilitation, and other inpatient areas as needed.

Located in the scenic South Puget Sound region, Puyallup offers a welcoming community with convenient access to Tacoma, Seattle, outdoor recreation, and beautiful Pacific Northwest landscapes.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Position: ICU Registered Nurse (RN) / Travel ICU RN
• Assignment Type: Travel nursing contract
• Location: Puyallup, Washington
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,130–$2,250
• Start Date: November 16, 2026
• End Date: March 6, 2027
• Duration: Approximately 16 weeks
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12-hour day shifts
• Primary Assignment: ED holding, with floating within scope to ICU, PCU, medical-surgical, rehabilitation, and other inpatient areas as needed
• Typical Patient Ratios: ICU 1:2 based on acuity, PCU 1:4, medical-surgical 1:5, and rehabilitation team-model assignments
• Technology: EPIC electronic medical record, Alaris IV pumps, and Pyxis medication dispensing
• Orientation: Hospital orientation followed by assigned-unit orientation

ICU Registered Nurse Job Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse license eligible for practice in Washington
• At least 2 years of ICU nursing experience; strong PCU or acute-care nursing experience may support floating assignments
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications
• Demonstrated telemetry competency and cardiac rhythm interpretation skills
• Experience with ventilator management, invasive lines, tracheostomies, chest tubes, drains, ostomies, and complex IV therapies
• Ability to care for patients with respiratory failure, sepsis, DKA, GI bleeding, renal failure, CHF, COPD, pneumonia, stroke, post-operative conditions, and other complex medical-surgical diagnoses
• Strong assessment, prioritization, communication, patient education, and clinical documentation skills
• Ability to adapt quickly, float within scope of practice, and work effectively in a fast-paced critical-care environment
• First-time travel nurses are welcome to apply

Travel ICU RN Responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence-based nursing care to patients across ICU, PCU, medical-surgical, rehabilitation, and ED holding areas
• Care for mixed-acuity patients in the primary ED holding assignment, including isolation and non-ambulatory patients
• Monitor and manage critically ill patients, including ventilated patients and those requiring invasive line, telemetry, drain, tracheostomy, and complex medication management
• Interpret cardiac rhythms and administer or titrate therapies within competency, including medications such as amiodarone, diltiazem, nitroglycerin, vasopressors, insulin, heparin, and other ordered infusions
• Transport patients safely throughout the hospital, including to diagnostic imaging, procedural areas, the emergency department, recovery areas, and other inpatient units
• Collaborate with intensivists, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, technicians, and other members of the care team to coordinate treatment and transitions of care
• Perform ongoing assessments, recognize changes in condition, escalate concerns promptly, and respond appropriately to clinical emergencies
• Administer medications, perform treatments, maintain accurate clinical documentation, and follow infection-prevention and isolation protocols
• Provide patient and family education while promoting comfort, safety, dignity, and continuity of care
• Remain flexible with assignments and provide break coverage or clinical support when transport responsibilities are complete

Apply now for this ICU Registered Nurse travel contract in Puyallup, Washington, and join a high-acuity healthcare team in the Pacific Northwest.

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.