Travel RN CICU
Aurora, Colorado
Health system employer
- Eligibility
- ICUPCUCVICU
- Shift
- Rotating
- Hours a week
- 36 hrs a week
- Unit
- CICU
- Contract
- 13-week contract
Posted Jul 23
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Rotating · 36 hours
- Term
- 13 weeks · Travel
- On the floor
- Precepting expected
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Inside the CO travel range
- Overtime
- $50/hr
CO travel postings that state pay run $42/hr to $66/hr, the middle half $50/hr to $59/hr, across 138 postings.
About this role
Location: UCHealth Anschutz Pavilion - Aurora. Department: 24-bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) is a mixed-acuity. Work
Schedule
Full Time, 72.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks). Shift: Day and Night Rotation. Pay: $50.00 per hour plus travel package/stipend. 13 week assignments available. Provides top of scope practice in direct patient care utilizing the nursing process. Values a multidisciplinary team approach to achieve exceptional outcomes. Prioritizes wellness, a patient perspective and evidence-based practice. Direct care includes Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or Progressive Care Unit (PCU) level of care in a technically complex environment. AACN's Synergy Model and various specialty certification standards are included in evidence based care models for each ICU and PCU.
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Requirements
- RN License
- Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
- CO RN license or eNLC privileges
- 1-year experience
- ACLS Certification
- BLS Certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer with card in-hand before start date
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- CPR Certification
Benefits
- Travel reimbursement/stipend
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Mental health and well-being support
- Discounted gym memberships
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- Free Care.com membership
- Accident insurance
Place
- City
- Aurora, Colorado
- Rent against this pay
- 24% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $88,368/yr
- Metro price level
- 6% above the national average
$1,835 median rent against $7,800 a month at $50/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Aurora area index 105.8, where 100 is the national average.
Aurora sits just east of Denver, offering nurses a suburban base with quick metro access. The city sprawls across high plains east of the Front Range, mixing newer subdivisions with established pockets near Anschutz Medical Campus. Trail systems connect parks and reservoirs, giving outdoor options between shifts. Diverse dining scenes reflect the area's international communities.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
UCHealth is a large healthcare system with over 30,000 employees, operating a network of nationally-recognized hospitals and clinic locations throughout Colorado, southern Wyoming, and western Nebraska. Headquartered in the Aurora, CO area, the system's flagship facility is University of Colorado…
On your path
ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
