American Traveler is hiring an experienced PICU RN for a night shift position requiring 2+ years of pediatric critical care experience and PALS certification. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
Posted Oct 3
Shift and hours
Nights · 12-hour shifts, 7:00 PM-7:30 AM Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs Night shift schedule (3x12 hours, 7:00 PM-7:30 AM)36 hours a week
Unit and setting
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Patient population includes pediatric critical care, ENT, general surgery, ortho, and post-op/pre-op casesPediatric critical care, ENT, general surgery, ortho, post-op/pre-op cases
License
RN license Active WA or compact RN license requiredActive WA or compact RN license
Term
13 weeks · starts Oct 19, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
License
Active WA or compact RN licenseActive WA or compact RN license requiredCheck your license
Certification
BLSBLS and PALS certifications required
Certification
PALS
Experience
2 years PICU or pediatric critical careMinimum 2 years of PICU or pediatric critical care experience required
Experience
Trach care and ventilator managementTrach care and ventilator management experience required
Experience
Drains, epidural and PCA pumps, PICC/central lines, port-a-cath, syringe pumps, traction/halo/pin care, triple lumen catheters, wound vac
In range for Washington travel rolesWashington travel postings that state pay run $1,870/week to $2,800/week, the middle half $2,100/week to $2,570/week, across 98 postings.
The role and schedule
Charting
Epic EMRUtilizes Epic EMR
Floating
Floats to NICU or units within skill set, with orientationFloating required to NICU or units within skill set, with orientation provided
Day to day
Critical care nursing support across surgical and medical specialtiesProvide critical care nursing support to pediatric patients across a range of surgical and medical specialties
Hours stated
Night shift schedule (3x12 hours, 7:00 PM-7:30 AM)
Weekends
Every other weekend requiredEvery other weekend required
Holidays
No holiday time off permittedNo holiday RTO permitted
Start
Oct 19, 2026Start Date: Oct 19, 2026
Travel
Float between facilities within the state as neededTravelers are expected to float between facilities within the state as needed
Details
13-week assignmentLength: 13 weeks
Details
Former permanent staff: 3-month separation and live outside 50-mile radiusFormer permanent staff must be separated for at least 3 months before returning as a traveler and must live outside a 50-mile radius of the facility
Details
First-time travelers accepted with relevant experienceFirst-time travelers are accepted with relevant experience
Details
Limited time off accommodated; minimal to no time off preferredLimited RTO accommodated; minimal to no time off preferred for consideration
American Traveler is hiring an experienced PICU RN for a night shift position requiring 2+ years of pediatric critical care experience and PALS certification.
Details
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) setting
Night shift schedule (3x12 hours, 7:00 PM-7:30 AM)
Every other weekend required
Floating required to NICU or units within skill set, with orientation provided
Patient population includes pediatric critical care, ENT, general surgery, ortho, and post-op/pre-op cases
Utilizes Epic EMR
Requirements
Active WA or compact RN license required
Minimum 2 years of PICU or pediatric critical care experience required
BLS and PALS certifications required
NRP and CRRT certifications preferred
Previous charge experience preferred
Experience with breathing treatments, chest tube care, CPAP/BiPAP, high frequency vents, oscillators, procedure sedation, and RSI drugs
Trach care and ventilator management experience required
Experience with blood/blood product administration, CVP, and 12 lead EKG
Experience with drains, epidural pumps, PCA pumps, PICC/central lines, port-a-cath access and care, syringe pumps, traction/halo/pin care, triple lumen catheters, and wound vac required
Epic EMR experience required
Additional Information
Provide critical care nursing support to pediatric patients across a range of surgical and medical specialties
Travelers are expected to float between facilities within the state as needed
Former permanent staff must be separated for at least 3 months before returning as a traveler and must live outside a 50-mile radius of the facility
First-time travelers are accepted with relevant experience
Limited RTO accommodated; minimal to no time off preferred for consideration
Neighborhoods+West Seattle is the named small-town-in-the-city pick: three commercial junctions along California Avenue Southwest, Alki Beach, a Sunday farmers market, bars, and a movie theater, plus 10–30 minute downtown drives. Shoreline, its own city just north of the line and now on light rail, buys three-bed/two-bath houses with yards and garages and a 20–25 minute rail ride downtown—more space than a Seattle condo at the same budget. Columbia City (craftsman homes, food, light rail), Ballard (restaurants, long-term Seattle character), Belltown and South Lake Union (condos, nightlife) are the in-city young-professional patterns; Wilburton and West Bellevue plus Grass Lawn in Redmond are the Eastside family/tech bases. Kent, Renton, and Lynnwood are the lower-cost suburbs Reddit names, with the blunt caveat that traffic will suck.
West Seattle is the named small-town-in-the-city pick: three commercial junctions along California Avenue Southwest, Alki Beach, a Sunday farmers market, bars, and a movie theater, plus 10–30 minute downtown drives. Shoreline, its own city just north of the line and now on light rail, buys three-bed/two-bath houses with yards and garages and a 20–25 minute rail ride downtown—more space than a Seattle condo at the same budget.
Columbia City (craftsman homes, food, light rail), Ballard (restaurants, long-term Seattle character), Belltown and South Lake Union (condos, nightlife) are the in-city young-professional patterns; Wilburton and West Bellevue plus Grass Lawn in Redmond are the Eastside family/tech bases. Kent, Renton, and Lynnwood are the lower-cost suburbs Reddit names, with the blunt caveat that traffic will suck.
Getting around+Sources map downtown and Eastside access, not hospital parking: Sounder from Kent Station is just under 30 minutes to King Street Station, then light rail deeper into the city, with I-5 and SR 167 HOT lanes for drivers. Issaquah is about 30 minutes via I-90 HOV, with downtown Issaquah train parking that includes EV chargers and bike lockers; SeaTac’s Angle Lake station plus RapidRide (every 10 minutes at peak, 15 off-peak) runs 35 minutes to an hour; Mercer Island express buses can reach Seattle in 20 minutes. West Seattle is 10 minutes off-peak and 30-plus in rush hour over the repaired West Seattle Bridge; Shoreline light rail is 20–25 minutes downtown. By 2025 the north line added Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace, and Lynnwood stops and Eastside rail served Bellevue–Redmond Technology Center, with I-90 and downtown Redmond extensions expected that year and Federal Way around 2026—yet rush hour can start near 1:30 p.m., a mapped hop can become an hour, and West Seattle to Redmond can take 1.5 hours (Capitol Hill about 45 minutes by car).
Sources map downtown and Eastside access, not hospital parking: Sounder from Kent Station is just under 30 minutes to King Street Station, then light rail deeper into the city, with I-5 and SR 167 HOT lanes for drivers. Issaquah is about 30 minutes via I-90 HOV, with downtown Issaquah train parking that includes EV chargers and bike lockers; SeaTac’s Angle Lake station plus RapidRide (every 10 minutes at peak, 15 off-peak) runs 35 minutes to an hour; Mercer Island express buses can reach Seattle in 20 minutes.
West Seattle is 10 minutes off-peak and 30-plus in rush hour over the repaired West Seattle Bridge; Shoreline light rail is 20–25 minutes downtown. By 2025 the north line added Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace, and Lynnwood stops and Eastside rail served Bellevue–Redmond Technology Center, with I-90 and downtown Redmond extensions expected that year and Federal Way around 2026—yet rush hour can start near 1:30 p.m., a mapped hop can become an hour, and West Seattle to Redmond can take 1.5 hours (Capitol Hill about 45 minutes by car).
Outdoors+In-city hiking includes Discovery Park’s North Beach Trail beside a lighthouse, Carkeek Park’s Pipers Creek Trail to Puget Sound views, Seward Park’s Sqebeqsed Trail on Lake Washington, Union Bay Natural Area’s Yesler Swamp, and the 230-acre Washington Park Arboretum. The Burke-Gilman Trail is a nearly 20-mile car-free run from Golden Gardens through Ballard, Fremont, and the University District to Kenmore; Alki Beach and Golden Gardens are the swim-and-sunset parks. Kayak or SUP from Agua Verde Paddle Club and the Center for Wooden Boats on Lake Union, Green Lake Boathouse, Seattle Paddle near Seward Park, or Alki and Ballard kayak shops. Weekends go to the Issaquah Alps, Mount Si, Twin Falls, and Rattlesnake Ledge, or a two- to three-hour drive to Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades—plus Bainbridge, Kitsap, and Whidbey by ferry.
In-city hiking includes Discovery Park’s North Beach Trail beside a lighthouse, Carkeek Park’s Pipers Creek Trail to Puget Sound views, Seward Park’s Sqebeqsed Trail on Lake Washington, Union Bay Natural Area’s Yesler Swamp, and the 230-acre Washington Park Arboretum. The Burke-Gilman Trail is a nearly 20-mile car-free run from Golden Gardens through Ballard, Fremont, and the University District to Kenmore; Alki Beach and Golden Gardens are the swim-and-sunset parks.
Kayak or SUP from Agua Verde Paddle Club and the Center for Wooden Boats on Lake Union, Green Lake Boathouse, Seattle Paddle near Seward Park, or Alki and Ballard kayak shops. Weekends go to the Issaquah Alps, Mount Si, Twin Falls, and Rattlesnake Ledge, or a two- to three-hour drive to Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades—plus Bainbridge, Kitsap, and Whidbey by ferry.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Seattle
Seattle is distinct for stacking a no-wage-income-tax paycheck against Puget Sound, the Cascades, and three national parks two to three hours out. A nurse can live in West Seattle—California Avenue junctions, Sunday market, Alki Beach, 10–30 minutes downtown—or in Shoreline, where light rail is 20–25 minutes. Kent’s Sounder hits King Street in under 30 minutes; Bellevue, Issaquah, and Grass Lawn/Redmond fit Eastside job centers and schools (Bellevue’s 400+ National Board teachers). Light rail now serves Lynnwood and Bellevue–Redmond, but rush hour can start at 1:30 p.m. and West Seattle to Redmond can take 1.5 hours. Daily life runs on Pike Place salmon and Beecher’s, Capitol Hill’s Spinasse and Ethiopian/Vietnamese, Fremont’s Rock Creek, and the cream-cheese Seattle Dog. Tradeoffs are real: competitive housing, the Seattle Freeze, winter Big Dark, homelessness, and traffic. Parks sit within a 10-minute walk; Discovery Park and the Burke-Gilman Trail are the after-shift reset. Visit a prospective neighborhood at 8 a.m. on a weekday before you sign; traffic and the Freeze are the two things locals say surprise newcomers most.
