Travel RN - Medical ICU
American Traveler
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Posted Aug 8
- Shift and hours
- 12-hour nights3 shifts · 36 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- MICU · Hospital
- License
- RN licenseActive CT or compact RN license required
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Aug 28, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
- License
- Active CT or compact RN license required Check your license
- Certification
- Current certifications required: ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS
- Experience
- Minimum 2 years of recent ICU experience required (1.5 years considered if Level I Trauma or prior travel experience)
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Connecticut travel rolesConnecticut travel postings that state pay run $1,950/week to $3,060/week, the middle half $2,210/week to $2,920/week, across 69 postings.
Benefits
- Free parking
The role and schedule
- Floating
- Floats to other units
- Charting
- Epic
- Weekends
- Every other weekend
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
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Assignment Overview Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs Hours: 36 hrs/wk Start Date: Aug 28, 2026 Length: 13 weeks Openings: 1 American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Medical ICU position requiring 2+ years of ICU experience, ACLS/BLS certification, and a CT or compact RN license.
Details Work in a 10-bed Medical ICU within a short-term acute care hospital Hospital is a Level II Trauma Center with 426 staffed beds, part of the Yale New Haven Health System Night shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts from 19:00 to 7:30 Required to work every other weekend Floating required as needed Uses Epic charting system Requirements Active CT or compact RN license required Minimum 2 years of recent ICU experience required (1.5 years considered if Level I Trauma or prior travel experience) Current certifications required: ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS Epic EMR experience required Skilled in IV therapy, central/arterial/PICC line management, and blood product administration Experience caring for ventilated patients, including HFNC and suctioning Proficient in cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia management, and titration of vasoactive/cardiac drips Experience managing patients with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure Knowledge of IV insulin protocols and continuous IV sedation/paralytics 1 professional reference required for consideration
Additional Information
Provide comprehensive critical care nursing to medically complex ICU patients Free parking available on-site Flu vaccine required with no declinations accepted COVID vaccine and booster required, with religious or medical exemptions only Local candidates not accepted; candidates must reside more than 75 miles from the hospital Previous perm staff must have been separated from the facility for at least 2 years to be eligible as a traveler Up to 7 days of RTO may be auto-approved First-time travelers may be considered if they meet experience requirements
What's around it?
Bridgeport, CTFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 4% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,450/mo
- Household income
- $58,685/yr, all local households, not nurse pay