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PICU Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Contract in New Brunswick, NJ

Position Overview

Earn $2,470–$2,600 weekly as a PICU Travel RN in New Brunswick, New Jersey, caring for critically ill pediatric patients on a 13-week night-shift contract.

Join a high-acuity Pediatric Intensive Care Unit team providing compassionate, evidence-based nursing care to critically ill infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. This travel nursing assignment offers the opportunity to care for complex medical and surgical patients in a collaborative pediatric critical care environment with strong multidisciplinary support. New Brunswick is a vibrant Central New Jersey community known for its cultural attractions, dining, convenient transportation access, and proximity to the greater New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.

PICU Travel Nurse Job Details

• Specialty: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Registered Nurse
• Assignment Type: 13-week travel nursing contract
• Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,470–$2,600
• Start Date: November 9, 2026
• End Date: February 8, 2027
• Contract Duration: 13 weeks
• Schedule: Three 12-hour night shifts per week, approximately 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m.
• Hours: Approximately 36 hours per week
• Patient Ratios: Typically 1:1–2, based on acuity, census, and staffing
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Floating: Within the nurse’s competency to pediatric critical care, neonatal, pediatric stepdown, intermediate care, pediatric medical-surgical, and pediatric hematology/oncology areas
• Work Setting: On-site

PICU Registered Nurse Qualifications

• At least 2.5 years of recent acute care nursing experience, including PICU or comparable pediatric critical care experience
• Active New Jersey or Compact Registered Nurse license at the time of submission
• Current ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications
• NIHSS certification preferred
• Recent experience with EPIC electronic health record documentation
• Demonstrated experience caring for infants, children, and adolescents in high-acuity pediatric healthcare settings
• Competency in ventilator management, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT/CVVH), vaccine administration, and interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Ability to work every other weekend and provide coverage for designated winter holidays as scheduled
• Strong communication, clinical judgment, adaptability, and teamwork skills

Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill pediatric patients, including infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
• Manage patients with complex medical and surgical conditions, respiratory failure, sepsis, trauma, congenital heart disease, and postoperative needs.
• Monitor hemodynamic and neurologic status, recognize changes in condition, and initiate timely interventions.
• Manage mechanical ventilation and support patients receiving CRRT or CVVH according to established protocols.
• Interpret and manage cardiac dysrhythmias while collaborating with the interdisciplinary care team.
• Administer medications, therapies, immunizations, and other treatments safely and accurately.
• Document assessments, interventions, patient responses, and care plans in EPIC.
• Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other pediatric specialists to coordinate individualized care.
• Float to designated pediatric and neonatal units within the nurse’s validated skill set while maintaining safe, high-quality care.
• Support families through education, communication, and compassionate care during critical illness.

Apply now for this PICU travel nursing opportunity in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and join a dedicated pediatric critical care team.

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.