American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN requiring CRRT experience and a GA or compact RN license for a 13-week assignment in Atlanta, GA. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
Posted Oct 12
Shift and hours
12-hour shifts · Nights Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs36 hours a week
Unit and setting
ICU within a hospital · Hospital ICU setting within a hospital environment
License
RN license Active GA or compact RN license in handActive GA or compact RN license
Term
13 weeks · starts Nov 16, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
License
Active GA or compact RN licenseActive GA or compact RN license in handCheck your license
Experience
2 years critical care experienceMinimum of 2 years critical care experience required
Experience
CRRT experienceCRRT experience required
Experience
18 months in specialty within the past 3 yearsMinimum of 18 months of experience in specialty within the past 3 years
Also asks
Epic EMR experienceEpic EMR experience required
What it pays
Against similar roles
In range for Georgia travel rolesGeorgia travel postings that state pay run $1,670/week to $2,520/week, the middle half $1,800/week to $2,310/week, across 312 postings.
Benefits
Housing perks
Comprehensive medical, dental and life insurance
Tax advantage plan
Weekly payroll
Referral bonuses
Licensure reimbursement
Travel allowances
The role and schedule
Charting
Epic
On call
No on-callNo on-call responsibilities
Start
Nov 16, 2026Start Date: Nov 16, 2026
Details
Length: 13 weeksLength: 13 weeks
Details
Must live outside a 50-mile radius of the facility; local candidates not acceptedMust reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility; local candidates are not accepted
Details
Former Emory employees: 1 year separation before returning, or 18 months if returning to the same facilityFormer Emory employees must be separated for 1 year before returning to the health system, or 18 months if returning to the same facility
Details
RTO limited to 5 days, or 3 days near a holidayRTO requests are limited to a maximum of 5 days if not falling on or near a holiday, or 3 days if near a holiday
Details
One holiday RTO request per assignmentOnly one holiday RTO request is permitted per assignment
Details
Navy blue scrubs requiredNavy blue scrubs required
Neighborhoods+Nurses and young professionals who want walkability cluster Inside the Perimeter in Midtown and Atlantic Station (condos, MARTA Red/Gold, roughly $400K–$700K+), West Midtown’s loft-and-restaurant corridor ($450K–$650K), Old Fourth Ward and Inman Park on the BeltLine Eastside Trail ($400K–$800K+), and more residential Virginia-Highland ($600K–$850K). Chamblee, east of Brookhaven with MARTA rail and Buford Highway, is a suburban-feel ITP option that stretches a dollar further than Buckhead, Sandy Springs, or Roswell. Grant Park near Zoo Atlanta buys historic houses and a 131-acre park at about $350K–$550K. OTP, Decatur offers a walkable square and top schools ($550K–$750K); East Cobb is the school-driven suburb with a possible ~30-minute Midtown drive off-peak; Fairburn, Stockbridge, and Fayetteville are named for affordability and ~30-minute Atlanta commutes; South Fulton (airport, Sweetwater Creek, Six Flags), Stone Mountain (~20 minutes east), and Ellenwood (about $285K median, Arabia Mountain) are the cheaper first-buyer rings.
Nurses and young professionals who want walkability cluster Inside the Perimeter in Midtown and Atlantic Station (condos, MARTA Red/Gold, roughly $400K–$700K+), West Midtown’s loft-and-restaurant corridor ($450K–$650K), Old Fourth Ward and Inman Park on the BeltLine Eastside Trail ($400K–$800K+), and more residential Virginia-Highland ($600K–$850K). Chamblee, east of Brookhaven with MARTA rail and Buford Highway, is a suburban-feel ITP option that stretches a dollar further than Buckhead, Sandy Springs, or Roswell.
Grant Park near Zoo Atlanta buys historic houses and a 131-acre park at about $350K–$550K. OTP, Decatur offers a walkable square and top schools ($550K–$750K); East Cobb is the school-driven suburb with a possible ~30-minute Midtown drive off-peak; Fairburn, Stockbridge, and Fayetteville are named for affordability and ~30-minute Atlanta commutes; South Fulton (airport, Sweetwater Creek, Six Flags), Stone Mountain (~20 minutes east), and Ellenwood (about $285K median, Arabia Mountain) are the cheaper first-buyer rings.
Getting around+Atlanta is a collection of small cities, not a grid: MARTA’s Red, Gold, Blue, and Green rail lines serve dense corridors (Midtown, Atlantic Station, Chamblee) and leave most of the metro car-dependent, so a downtown or Midtown hospital commute is transformed by living on a rail line and defined by I-285 and I-85 traffic if you do not. Chamblee riders take heavy rail to Mercedes-Benz Stadium and park cheap at a MARTA station for Hartsfield-Jackson instead of airport lots; East Cobb clients have reported Midtown in as little as 30 minutes when they dodge peak; Fairburn, Stockbridge, and Fayetteville are recommended as ~30-minute Atlanta commutes. Elsewhere a drive that looks close on a map routinely doubles—Jefferson at 40 miles can be 60–90 minutes. On April 18, 2026 MARTA opened the Rapid A Line (5 miles, 14 stations, buses every 10–15 minutes) and redrew the bus network from 113 routes to 81 with more all-day frequency. Emory Healthcare, Piedmont Healthcare, and Northside Hospital are among the metro’s largest employers, so neighborhood choice relative to those campuses matters more than any citywide average.
Atlanta is a collection of small cities, not a grid: MARTA’s Red, Gold, Blue, and Green rail lines serve dense corridors (Midtown, Atlantic Station, Chamblee) and leave most of the metro car-dependent, so a downtown or Midtown hospital commute is transformed by living on a rail line and defined by I-285 and I-85 traffic if you do not. Chamblee riders take heavy rail to Mercedes-Benz Stadium and park cheap at a MARTA station for Hartsfield-Jackson instead of airport lots; East Cobb clients have reported Midtown in as little as 30 minutes when they dodge peak; Fairburn, Stockbridge, and Fayetteville are recommended as ~30-minute Atlanta commutes.
Elsewhere a drive that looks close on a map routinely doubles—Jefferson at 40 miles can be 60–90 minutes. On April 18, 2026 MARTA opened the Rapid A Line (5 miles, 14 stations, buses every 10–15 minutes) and redrew the bus network from 113 routes to 81 with more all-day frequency.
Emory Healthcare, Piedmont Healthcare, and Northside Hospital are among the metro’s largest employers, so neighborhood choice relative to those campuses matters more than any citywide average.
Outdoors+The Atlanta BeltLine is the daily outdoor spine: a 22-mile multi-use trail connecting 45 neighborhoods, with 16.7 miles paved as of June 2026 after Southside Trail segments 2 and 3 linked the Eastside and Westside trails (full loop funded through 2030; plan to walk and bike it, not ride the promised rail). Piedmont Park anchors Midtown; Grant Park’s 131 acres sit beside Zoo Atlanta. Stone Mountain Park covers 3,200 acres of trails, lake, and the carving about 20 minutes east; Sweetwater Creek State Park and Six Flags sit by South Fulton; Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area is the Ellenwood hike. Add the Atlanta Botanical Garden (15 acres of displays plus Storza Woods), Chattahoochee Nature Center and river trails, and Lake Lanier Islands for summer water-park days.
The Atlanta BeltLine is the daily outdoor spine: a 22-mile multi-use trail connecting 45 neighborhoods, with 16.7 miles paved as of June 2026 after Southside Trail segments 2 and 3 linked the Eastside and Westside trails (full loop funded through 2030; plan to walk and bike it, not ride the promised rail). Piedmont Park anchors Midtown; Grant Park’s 131 acres sit beside Zoo Atlanta.
Stone Mountain Park covers 3,200 acres of trails, lake, and the carving about 20 minutes east; Sweetwater Creek State Park and Six Flags sit by South Fulton; Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area is the Ellenwood hike. Add the Atlanta Botanical Garden (15 acres of displays plus Storza Woods), Chattahoochee Nature Center and river trails, and Lake Lanier Islands for summer water-park days.
Atlanta is less one downtown than a ring of small cities inside and outside I-285—the City in a Forest, hip-hop capital, and civil-rights memorial town that still greets strangers. For a nurse, Emory, Piedmont, and Northside rank among the largest employers, so the real choice is rail versus asphalt: MARTA’s Red and Gold lines make Midtown, Atlantic Station, and Chamblee workable; elsewhere a map-short drive can double on I-85 or I-285. Off shift, walk the BeltLine (16.7 of 22 miles paved, Eastside and Westside now linked), Piedmont or Grant Park, or Stone Mountain’s 3,200 acres. Eat Buford Highway, North Highland, Westside Provisions, or Decatur’s square—eight Michelin stars and lemon-pepper-wet wings in one metro. Housing is not cheap: listings near $425,000, in-town condos from the $400,000s, Ellenwood and South Fulton the first-buyer math, rents around $1,540. You will likely own a car. Mild winters and patios from March into December are the pitch; traffic, uneven schools, and pocket-level safety are the tradeoffs. Live next to the hospital, not 40 miles out.
