Travel Registered Nurse ICU Job

HealthForce Healthcare

Rochester, New York

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Posted Jul 21

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour rotating3 shifts · 36 hours a week
Unit and setting: ICU · Hospital
License: RN licenseActive RN license in New York
Term: 13 weeks · starts Aug 3, 2026 · Travel

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What it pays

Against similar roles: Below most New York travel postingsNew York travel postings that state pay run $1,670/week to $2,880/week, the middle half $2,030/week to $2,570/week, across 314 postings.

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Weekly pay: $1,960-$2,100 per week
Credentialing and onboarding assistance provided
Ongoing recruiter support throughout the assignment
Clear point of contact for questions and scheduling considerations
24/7 support while on assignment
Competitive weekly pay packages with transparent breakdowns

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On call: On-call rotation

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Travel Registered Nurse position in Neuro Medicine ICU at a hospital in Rochester, NY. 13-week assignment starting 08/03/2026. Weekly pay $1,960-$2,100. 12-hour rotating shifts (Day/Evening/Night, 3x12) including holidays/on-call/callback. Provides direct specialty-focused nursing care to critically ill neuro patients including traumatic brain injury, aneurysm, status epilepticus, and stroke. Requires active NY RN license, 2+ years ICU acute care experience, BLS, ACLS, NIHSS certification, and telemetry experience.

What's around it?

In Rochester, NY

Rochester, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% below the US average

Median rent: $1,081/mo
Household income: $47,213/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Rochester, NY

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals targeting Flaum often look first at Brighton, the closest of the suburbs locals call safe, great communities; Pittsford, Perinton, Mendon, and Victor are the same cluster about 20–30 minutes out. In the city, Reddit favorites are South Wedge and Highland Park, with Park Avenue (tree-lined converted-home apartments and dining), Cobbs Hill/Upper Monroe, and Corn Hill (Victorian houses and riverside walks) also named as nice. Downtown’s Central Business District is high-rise and loft rentals with walkable nightlife; Charlotte is lakeside cottages and beach; the 19th Ward is single-family houses with big porches on college-town streets. Fairport, Penfield, Webster, Greece, and Henrietta round out the usual suburb shortlist.

Nurses and young professionals targeting Flaum often look first at Brighton, the closest of the suburbs locals call safe, great communities; Pittsford, Perinton, Mendon, and Victor are the same cluster about 20–30 minutes out. In the city, Reddit favorites are South Wedge and Highland Park, with Park Avenue (tree-lined converted-home apartments and dining), Cobbs Hill/Upper Monroe, and Corn Hill (Victorian houses and riverside walks) also named as nice.

Downtown’s Central Business District is high-rise and loft rentals with walkable nightlife; Charlotte is lakeside cottages and beach; the 19th Ward is single-family houses with big porches on college-town streets. Fairport, Penfield, Webster, Greece, and Henrietta round out the usual suburb shortlist.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: trulia.com Source 4: rochesterrealestateblog.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: facebook.com

Getting aroundMost of Rochester is car-dependent and there is no rail; RTS buses tie neighborhoods to downtown via the Transit Center. Downtown, Park Avenue, Corn Hill, and the South Wedge are the walkable exceptions; elsewhere a car is the default, and downtown street parking is metered so a monthly garage or lot is a common budget line. Outer neighborhoods are usually 10–20 minutes from downtown by car. Brighton is described as closest to Flaum; Pittsford, Perinton, Mendon, and Victor run about 20–30 minutes.

Most of Rochester is car-dependent and there is no rail; RTS buses tie neighborhoods to downtown via the Transit Center. Downtown, Park Avenue, Corn Hill, and the South Wedge are the walkable exceptions; elsewhere a car is the default, and downtown street parking is metered so a monthly garage or lot is a common budget line.

Outer neighborhoods are usually 10–20 minutes from downtown by car. Brighton is described as closest to Flaum; Pittsford, Perinton, Mendon, and Victor run about 20–30 minutes.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: extraspace.com

OutdoorsThe Genesee River cuts north through the city with riverfront trails; Charlotte on Lake Ontario is the beach-and-cottage neighborhood. Close-in named greenspace includes Highland Park, Cobbs Hill, Durand-Eastman, and Mendon Ponds; Facebook locals also point to Quarry Hill. Easy day-trip nature includes Letchworth State Park, Grimes Glen waterfalls, and Fair Haven Beach. Outdoor life runs all year—kayaking and biking in warm months, skiing and sledding in winter.

The Genesee River cuts north through the city with riverfront trails; Charlotte on Lake Ontario is the beach-and-cottage neighborhood. Close-in named greenspace includes Highland Park, Cobbs Hill, Durand-Eastman, and Mendon Ponds; Facebook locals also point to Quarry Hill.

Easy day-trip nature includes Letchworth State Park, Grimes Glen waterfalls, and Fair Haven Beach. Outdoor life runs all year—kayaking and biking in warm months, skiing and sledding in winter.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: daytrippingroc.com Source 3: brownwoodnews.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: extraspace.com

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Living in Rochester

Rochester is a Lake Ontario medical hub—University of Rochester and Rochester Regional Health among the big employers—where a typical three-bedroom listed around $218,000 in mid-2026 and commutes are measured in minutes. The city rings a compact Genesee downtown with Park Avenue dining and converted apartments, South Wedge and Highland Park as local favorites, Corn Hill Victorians, and Charlotte’s beach. Nurses often choose Brighton for the short hop to Flaum, or Pittsford, Fairport, Penfield, Webster, or Victor when schools and quieter streets outweigh a 20–30 minute drive. Plan on a car; only downtown, Park Ave, Corn Hill, and the South Wedge are truly walkable (RTS buses otherwise). The trade is honest: Garbage Plates, Abbott’s custard, the Public Market, Jazz and Fringe festivals, Eastman Museum, Blue Cross Arena hockey, Highland Park and Letchworth days—against about 77 inches of snow, high taxes, no major-league teams, and city crime that steers many families to those suburbs.

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As of 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: rochesterrealestateblog.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: brownwoodnews.com Source 7: visitrochester.com Source 8: travelingmitch.com Source 9: facebook.com

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Rochester, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.