Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Atlanta, Georgia

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We are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) Pediatric ICU Float for a 13-week contract opportunity in Atlanta, Georgia. This role comes through Centstone Services LLC, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.

Posted Oct 7

Shift and hours: Night shift Night Shift | Weekend Block | Friday Sunday
Unit and setting: Pediatric Critical Care / ICU Float · Hospital Provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill pediatric patients across PICU, NICU, TDICU, CICU, and other specialty units.
License: RN license Active Georgia Registered Nurse (RN) License or Applicable Compact RN License Required.Georgia RN license or applicable Compact RN license
Term: 13 weeks · Agency

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License: Georgia RN license or applicable Compact RN license Active Georgia Registered Nurse (RN) License or Applicable Compact RN License Required. Check your license
Certification: BLS Current BLS,ACLS Certifications Required.
Certification: ACLS
Experience: minimum 2 years of PICU or pediatric CICU experience Experience: Minimum 2 Years of PICU or Pediatric CICU Experience Required
Experience: PICU or Pediatric CICU nursing experience Minimum 2 Years of PICU or Pediatric CICU Nursing Experience Required.
Also asks: ability to float across PICU, NICU, TDICU, CICU, general care, specialty units, and two campuses Ability to Float Across PICU, NICU, TDICU, CICU, General Care, Specialty Units, and Two Campuses Required.
Also asks: Epic experience Epic Experience Required; Flu Vaccination and Required Pre-Employment Drug/Nicotine Screening Required.
Also asks: flu vaccination
Also asks: pre-employment drug/nicotine screening

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What it pays

Against similar roles: Pays above most Georgia travel rolesGeorgia travel postings that state pay run $1,650/week to $2,600/week, the middle half $1,800/week to $2,260/week, across 288 postings.

The role and schedule

Patients: Provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill pediatric patients across PICU, NICU, TDICU, CICU, and other specialty units. Provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill pediatric patients across PICU, NICU, TDICU, CICU, and other specialty units.
Charting: Epic Maintain accurate documentation in Epic and float between designated campuses, critical-care units, general care, and specialty areas as required.
Floating: float between two campuses and multiple pediatric units This position requires flexibility to float between two campuses and multiple pediatric units.
Day to day: provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill pediatric patients across PICU, NICU, TDICU, CICU, and other specialty units
Day to day: perform detailed patient assessments, monitor clinical status, and respond promptly to changes in pediatric patient condition Perform detailed patient assessments, monitor clinical status, and respond promptly to changes in pediatric patient condition.
Day to day: administer medications, treatments, and supportive therapies according to provider orders and established pediatric critical-care standards Administer medications, treatments, and supportive therapies according to provider orders and established pediatric critical-care standards.
Day to day: collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to coordinate individualized pediatric plans of care Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to coordinate individualized pediatric plans of care.
Day to day: maintain accurate documentation in Epic and float between designated campuses, critical-care units, general care, and specialty areas as required
Weekends: weekend block Friday Sunday Night Shift | Weekend Block | Friday Sunday
Travel: float between two campuses

Support on this unit

Nurse to patient: 1:2–1:3 Typical ICU patient ratios are approximately 2 3 patients per RN, depending on patient acuity and assignment. Responsibilities <ul> <li> Provide comprehstated in this posting

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Centstone Services LLC

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Staffing partner: CENTSTONE SERVICES LLC

Centstone Services LLC is a healthcare staffing agency headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia (30329) that specializes in placing registered nurses on time-limited travel and contract assignments at healthcare facilities across multiple states. Their placements span facilities in at least three states—Washington,…

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Registered Nurse (RN) ICU

Location: Atlanta, GA
Job Type: Contract
Contract: 13 Weeks
Pay Rate: $ 2,200 To $ 2,417 per week

Schedule

Night Shift | Weekend Block | Friday Sunday

Work Setting: Pediatric Critical Care / ICU Float

Experience

Minimum 2 Years of PICU or Pediatric CICU Experience Required

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) Pediatric ICU Float for a 13-week contract opportunity in Atlanta, Georgia. The RN will provide critical care nursing support across pediatric intensive care units including PICU, NICU, TDICU, CICU , as well as general care and specialty units based on staffing needs.

This position requires flexibility to float between two campuses and multiple pediatric units. Typical ICU patient ratios are approximately 2 3 patients per RN , depending on patient acuity and assignment.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill pediatric patients across PICU, NICU, TDICU, CICU, and other specialty units.

Perform detailed patient assessments, monitor clinical status, and respond promptly to changes in pediatric patient condition.

Administer medications, treatments, and supportive therapies according to provider orders and established pediatric critical-care standards.

Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to coordinate individualized pediatric plans of care.

Maintain accurate documentation in Epic and float between designated campuses, critical-care units, general care, and specialty areas as required.

Requirements

Active Georgia Registered Nurse (RN) License or Applicable Compact RN License Required.

Minimum 2 Years of PICU or Pediatric CICU Nursing Experience Required.

Current BLS,ACLS Certifications Required.

Ability to Float Across PICU, NICU, TDICU, CICU, General Care, Specialty Units, and Two Campuses Required.

Epic Experience Required; Flu Vaccination and Required Pre-Employment Drug/Nicotine Screening Required.

The Pediatric ICU Float RN will provide skilled, adaptable, and patient-centered critical care while supporting safe outcomes across pediatric intensive care and specialty units.

What's around it?

In Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, GAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about the same as the US average

Median rent: $1,711/mo
Household income: $85,652/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Atlanta, GA

NeighborhoodsNurses 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.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: centurycommunities.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: realpha.com Source 5: youtube.com

Getting aroundAtlanta 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.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realpha.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: thehonestlocal.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: getbellhops.com

OutdoorsThe 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.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realpha.com Source 2: thehonestlocal.com Source 3: centurycommunities.com Source 4: isss.oie.gatech.edu Source 5: discoveratlanta.com Source 6: facebook.com

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Living in Atlanta

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.

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As of 2026Source 1: realpha.com Source 2: thehonestlocal.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: atlanta.eater.com Source 5: getbellhops.com Source 6: centurycommunities.com Source 7: youtube.com

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