Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Travel Registered Nurse- $2300 per week.

Trusted is seeking an experienced nurse for this exciting travel nursing assignment. Trusted has streamlined the travel nursing experience by enabling nurses to apply directly to jobs without the need for recruiters. This unique approach provides more transparency, eliminates pesky calls from recruiters, and puts more money in your pocket. Join the thousands of nurses across the country who have already made the switch to a more modern way to work.

Experience:

• 12 months of experience with 3 months within the last 12 months.

• 2 years of Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit experience with 1 month within the last 6 months.

• 3 months of Epic experience is preferred.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a Washington license or compact license (required for submission).

• This role will require floating to multiple units

• COVID vaccination required after submission. Religious and medical declinations accepted.

• Anyone who worked as Staff at a facility in this program in the last 12 months cannot be submitted.

• Anyone currently working at a facility in this program cannot be submitted.

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

MultiCare includes the expected start date they prefer on their job postings. Please keep this in mind when listing your start date availability! If you can start on the day they are requesting, you are more likely to be selected for an interview or offer.

Please expect someone with a 501 (Arkansas) area code or from the facility to reach out to interview you for this position!

Required Skills/Experience:
First-time travelers are accepted depending on experience level.
Required skills include cardiac rhythm interpretation, invasive line management (CVP and A-lines), IV medication titration, and vent/trach/high-flow BiPAP management.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
Strong peripheral IV skills are preferred.

Required Credentials:
If you have a multistate license, you will be required to complete a 1-time 6-hour suicide prevention training according to WA state regulations.

Special Requests:
Any RTO or special requests not included on your application will not be considered.
You can only have 1 active application for the same position (same unit and shift at the same facility). For example, if you apply for day shift, you can also apply for night shift on the same unit and facility, but you cannot apply for another day shift position on the same unit and facility.

Unit Details:
Patient types include sepsis, pneumonia, COPD, CHF, GI bleeds, ETOH/IVDA, SI, psychiatric conditions, and COVID.
Neuro patients include stable CVA (no interventions) and stable TBI.
The unit is a med-surg ICU with orthopedic and general surgery patients and no cardiac patients.
The unit manages manual proning and temporary pacemakers.
The unit does not take open-heart cases, neuro interventions, dialysis, or CRRT.
Travelers are not expected to care for balloon pumps or manage hypothermia protocols.
CNA support is not built into staffing but can be requested through the house supervisor when all 6 patients are high acuity.
A HUC/unit secretary, respiratory therapy, hospitalist, and telemetry monitoring/tech support are available 24/7.
An intensivist is on call 24/7 and may be in the building.
There is no charge nurse in the ICU; the PCU has a free charge nurse.
Phlebotomy performs peripheral draws; ICU staff complete STAT labs and walk them to the lab, and RNs are responsible for their own central line draws.
The unit uses Alaris IV pumps, Pyxis medication dispensing, and GE monitors.

Floating Requirements:
Travelers float in turn with the rest of the unit.
An ICU nurse taking an assignment in the PCU is not considered floating; floating may be to 2West or to the inpatient hold zone (Blue and Green Zone) in the ED.
PCU ratios are consistently 4:1, with possible flex to 5.

Shift & Scheduling:
Weekend rotation is 2 weekends per month but may be less depending on staffing numbers.
No call.
Holiday expectations are 1-2 holidays per contract.
Up to 7 days of RTO may be approved.
No self-scheduling; schedules are based on unit needs, and the schedule is provided 6 weeks at a time.

7 days maximum time off

2 Manager references required from within the last 12 months

Certifications:

• BLS (Basic Life Support)

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)

• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale)

• Skills Checklist: Yes
• References: Yes
• License Type: registered
• License State: WA
• Certifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Basic Life Support, NIH Stroke Scale

Job Details

• Job Type: Travel
• Nurse/Patient: 1/2
• Shift Type: Day
• Contract Date: 2026-11-30
• Expected Length: 13 weeks
• Hours per Shift: 12
• Shifts per Week: 3