You'll work nights in the ICU and need stroke patient care experience plus active NIHSS certification. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
Posted Oct 23
Shift and hours
Nights, three 12-hour shifts · 12-hour shifts, 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs Night shift schedule, 12-hour shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM36 hours a week
Unit and setting
ICU requiring stroke patient care experiencestroke patients
License
RN license Active RN license (MD or Compact) required at time of submissionActive RN license, MD or Compact
Term
9 weeks · starts Nov 10, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
License
Active RN license, MD or CompactActive RN license (MD or Compact) required at time of submissionCheck your license
Certification
Current BLS (AHA)Current BLS and ACLS certifications (AHA)
Certification
Current ACLS (AHA)
Certification
Active NIHSS certificationActive NIHSS certification required at time of submission
Certification
mRS/SIREN certification, obtained within 48 hours if offeredWillingness to obtain mRS/SIREN certification within 48 hours if offered
Experience
2 years recent ICU experienceMinimum 2 years recent ICU experience required
Experience
2 years working with stroke patients, documented on resumeMinimum 2 years experience working with stroke patients, documented on resume
Also asks
Basic EKG test, score 85% or higher, completed within 48 hours if offeredWillingness to complete Basic EKG test and score 85% or higher within 48 hours if offered
Flu vaccination record; declinations not acceptedFlu vaccination record required, declinations not accepted
Also asks
COVID vaccination record; declinations not acceptedCOVID vaccination record required, declinations not accepted
Also asks
Willing to work the facility's schedule with no scheduling restrictionsMust be willing to work the facility's schedule with no scheduling restrictions
What it pays
Against similar roles
Below most Maryland travel postingsMaryland travel postings that state pay run $1,600/week to $2,450/week, the middle half $1,830/week to $2,230/week, across 71 postings.
Pay reviews
Local candidates keep the same rateLocal candidates accepted with no rate change
The role and schedule
On call
On-call schedule set by the facilityOn-call schedule to be determined by the facility
Guaranteed hours
36 hours per week guaranteed
Hours
36 hours per week guaranteed36 hours per week guaranteed
Start
Start date Nov 10, 2026Start Date: Nov 10, 2026
Weekends
Weekend schedule set by the facilityWeekend schedule to be determined by the facility
Details
257-licensed bed acute and sub-acute care hospitalICU setting within a 257-licensed bed acute and sub-acute care hospital
Details
Suburban campus with over 23,000 admissions and 52,000 ER visits a yearLocated on a suburban campus handling over 23,000 admissions and 52,000 ER visits annually
Details
9-week assignment9-week assignment length
Details
Can request RTO up to one contracted week of hoursCandidates may request RTO up to the equivalent of one contracted week of hours
Details
Facility may cancel up to 3 shifts per 13-week periodFacility reserves the right to cancel up to 3 shifts per 13-week period
Neighborhoods+Young professionals often land in Canton (walkable harbor brick rowhouses and riverfront condos; Extra Space’s 2026 table median purchase $606,972) and Federal Hill (historic homes, urban and described as commute-friendly). Hampden is the quirkier, lower-price in-city option (table median $295,673) with family amenities; Locust Point is pricier ($657,054) and ranked safer than 91% of city neighborhoods, while Roland Park ($580,728) and Mount Washington ($399,353) sit at the high/safer end. Charles Village (Painted Ladies rowhouses), Highlandtown, and Patterson Park are called out for below-city-median prices. For a job commute, Reddit recommends Columbia or Ellicott City first, Catonsville as a more upscale in-between, and warns Reisterstown is far out; Niche’s 2026 top suburbs include Lutherville, Fulton, and Ellicott City.
Young professionals often land in Canton (walkable harbor brick rowhouses and riverfront condos; Extra Space’s 2026 table median purchase $606,972) and Federal Hill (historic homes, urban and described as commute-friendly). Hampden is the quirkier, lower-price in-city option (table median $295,673) with family amenities; Locust Point is pricier ($657,054) and ranked safer than 91% of city neighborhoods, while Roland Park ($580,728) and Mount Washington ($399,353) sit at the high/safer end.
Charles Village (Painted Ladies rowhouses), Highlandtown, and Patterson Park are called out for below-city-median prices. For a job commute, Reddit recommends Columbia or Ellicott City first, Catonsville as a more upscale in-between, and warns Reisterstown is far out; Niche’s 2026 top suburbs include Lutherville, Fulton, and Ellicott City.
Getting around+Sources do not give hospital-specific drive times or parking rules. They do flag I-83 and I-95 as the main thoroughfares, describe Federal Hill and Mount Vernon as transit-accessible/commute-friendly, and note Lutherville residents can reach downtown without a long trip. Reddit treats Columbia and Ellicott City as practical bases for a Baltimore-area job and Reisterstown as a long haul; Facebook comments cite Pasadena, Glen Burnie, Owings Mills, and Catonsville for Fort Meade-oriented commutes. Cons lists repeatedly name long commutes, traffic, and weak public transit; a plus is MARC/Amtrak-style rail access onward to D.C., Philadelphia, and New York.
Sources do not give hospital-specific drive times or parking rules. They do flag I-83 and I-95 as the main thoroughfares, describe Federal Hill and Mount Vernon as transit-accessible/commute-friendly, and note Lutherville residents can reach downtown without a long trip.
Reddit treats Columbia and Ellicott City as practical bases for a Baltimore-area job and Reisterstown as a long haul; Facebook comments cite Pasadena, Glen Burnie, Owings Mills, and Catonsville for Fort Meade-oriented commutes. Cons lists repeatedly name long commutes, traffic, and weak public transit; a plus is MARC/Amtrak-style rail access onward to D.C., Philadelphia, and New York.
Outdoors+In-city, Canton Waterfront Park on the Patapsco offers a pier for fishing, the Korean War Memorial, a trail, plus Canton Dog Park and O’Donnell Square Park. Patapsco Valley State Park runs more than 32 miles along the river with hiking, fishing, camping, canoeing, horseback riding, and mountain-bike trails. Baltimore County sells itself on 214 miles of Chesapeake Bay waterfront, reservoir trails (including Loch Raven), championship golf such as Caves Valley in Owings Mills, and seasonal hiking/biking guides. Fort McHenry and the Inner Harbor promenade are the landmark waterfront walks.
In-city, Canton Waterfront Park on the Patapsco offers a pier for fishing, the Korean War Memorial, a trail, plus Canton Dog Park and O’Donnell Square Park. Patapsco Valley State Park runs more than 32 miles along the river with hiking, fishing, camping, canoeing, horseback riding, and mountain-bike trails.
Baltimore County sells itself on 214 miles of Chesapeake Bay waterfront, reservoir trails (including Loch Raven), championship golf such as Caves Valley in Owings Mills, and seasonal hiking/biking guides. Fort McHenry and the Inner Harbor promenade are the landmark waterfront walks.
Baltimore—Charm City—is a harbor of brick rowhouses, Chesapeake seafood, and a healthcare-and-research job base priced well below D.C. Nurses and young professionals cluster in walkable Canton and Federal Hill, quirky lower-priced Hampden, quieter Locust Point, and Charles Village’s Painted Ladies; families often choose Ellicott City, Columbia, Catonsville, Lutherville, or Fulton for schools and safety. Citywide list prices sat around $226,000 in late 2025, with Canton, Roland Park, and Locust Point much higher, and roughly half of residents rent. Culture punches above the cost: the BMA’s Matisse holdings, the Walters, AVAM, Station North murals, Graffiti Alley, Creative Alliance, and WTMD First Thursdays, plus Fort McHenry. Weekends run from Canton Waterfront Park to 32-mile Patapsco State Park and Baltimore County’s 214 miles of bay shoreline and the Guinness brewery. Tradeoffs are blunt: crime is block-by-block and serious in parts of the city, K–12 scores lag, summers are hot and humid, I-83/I-95 traffic lengthens commutes, and locals call public transit lacking. Walk a neighborhood after dark before you sign.
