Registered Nurse – Intensive Care - ICU - Travel - (ICU RN)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Staffing partner
Posted Jul 20 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour days
- Unit
- ICU
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour days
- Weekends
- Every other weekend
- Nurse to patient
- 1:2
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Aug 17, 2026 · Travel
- Practice
- Epic charting
- Setting
- Hospital
stated in this posting
More role details
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Staffing partner
- AMN Healthcare Nursing
Pay
- Travel package
- Housing provided
About this role
Travel ICU RN position in Charlotte, NC. Start date 8/17/2026. 12-hour day shifts. Pay Rate: $1706.00 - $1812.00. 29-bed unit specializing in Neuro ICU patients including strokes, traumatic brain injuries, seizures, spinal cord injuries, EVD drains/ICP monitoring. Patient ratio 1:2. Requires minimum 2 years Adult ICU experience and at least 1 previous 13-week travel assignment. Required
certifications
BLS, ACLS, NIHSS. Epic EMR experience required. Skills include ventilator management, vasoactive drips, tracheostomy care, central line maintenance, CRRT. Weekend rotation every other. Travelers work 75% of holidays.
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“Patient ratio 1:2. Requires minimum 2 years Adult ICU experience and at least 1 previous 13-week travel assignment. Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS. Epic EMR experience requi” · from this posting
Requirements
- Registered Nurse – Intensive Care - ICU - Travel - (ICU RN)
Benefits
- Competitive pay rates
- Free, quality, private housing
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- 401(k) and Flex Spending
- Life Insurance
- Accident and Short-term Disability Coverage
- Free Continuing Education
- Refer a friend and earn extra cash
Place
- City
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Median rent
- $1,612/mo
- Local household income
- $82,068/yr
- Metro price level
- 3% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Charlotte area index 97.3, where 100 is the national average.
Charlotte blends Southern charm with big-city energy, anchored by a bustling Uptown core and leafy enclaves like Plaza Midwood. Home to major healthcare systems including Atrium Health, it offers growing opportunities for nurses in a metro that keeps expanding without losing its laid-back Carolina character.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
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- How are floating and staffing support handled day to day?