Critical Care Float Pool - Travel Registered Nurse - $2070 per week.

Trusted is seeking an experienced nurse for this exciting travel nursing assignment. Trusted has streamlined the travel nursing experience by enabling nurses to apply directly to jobs without the need for recruiters. This unique approach provides more transparency, eliminates pesky calls from recruiters, and puts more money in your pocket. Join the thousands of nurses across the country who have already made the switch to a more modern way to work.

Experience:

• 12 months of experience with 3 months within the last 12 months.

• 2 years of Critical Care Float Pool experience with 1 month within the last 6 months.

• 3 months of Epic experience is preferred.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a Washington license or compact license (required for submission).

• This role will require floating to multiple units

• COVID vaccination required after submission. Religious and medical declinations accepted.

• Anyone who worked as Staff at a facility in this program in the last 12 months cannot be submitted.

• Anyone currently working at a facility in this program cannot be submitted.

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

MultiCare includes the expected start date they prefer on their job postings. Please keep this in mind when listing your start date availability! If you can start on the day they are requesting, you are more likely to be selected for an interview or offer.

Please expect someone with a 501 (Arkansas) area code or from the facility to reach out to interview you for this position!

Required Skills/Experience

• 2 years of PCU experience is required for PCU/PCU ER-hold assignments.
• 2 years of med-surg experience in an acute care setting are required.
• Required ICU skills include cardiac rhythm interpretation, ventilator management, invasive line management, ostomy care, general drains, and tracheostomy care.
• Required PCU skills include cardiac rhythm interpretation, chest tubes, lumbar drains, tracheostomies, and IV medication titration, including amiodarone, Cardizem, nitro, dopamine, dobutamine, non-DKA insulin, heparin, and sometimes Cardene.
• Required med-surg skills include IVs, PCAs, chest tubes, drains, ostomies, and IV antibiotics.
• Traveler telemetry competency is required.
• If you have a multistate license, you will be required to complete a 1-time 6-hour suicide prevention training according to WA state regulations.

Special Requests

• Any RTO or special requests not included on your application will not be considered.
• Holiday requests are not allowed.
• Time off of up to 5 days may be approved; requests for additional days must be emailed to NM Todd Murray.
• If requesting time off, you must be willing to add it to the end of the assignment.
• You can only have 1 active application for the same position (same unit & shift at the same facility). Example: if you apply for day shift, you can also apply for night shift on the same unit and facility, but you cannot apply for another day shift position on the same unit & facility.

Unit Details

• ED holding is expected to be the primary unit and includes patients waiting for a bed, mixed diagnoses, isolation patients, and non-ambulatory patients; it is a fast-paced unit.
• ICU patient types include respiratory failure, GI bleeds, DKA, sepsis, complicated postoperative patients, CVAs, flap surgeries, post-arrest patients, ETOH, and IVDA.
• Higher-level therapies listed include Rotoprone, manual prone, hypothermia protocol, CRRT, TPA, and flap surgeries; the traveler will not take these patients.
• The ICU does not take craniotomy, major trauma, or major cardiothoracic cases.
• PCU patient types include respiratory compromise, sepsis, renal failure, bleeding disorders, general medical-surgical patients, CHF, COPD, pneumonia, general cases, and orthopedic cases.
• Med-surg assignments include oncology patients who are neutropenic or postoperative, psych patients, and general medical-surgical patients with postoperative needs, COPD, CHF, sepsis, DVT, AKI, dialysis, or COVID; COVID is common on this floor.
• Med-surg orthopedic assignments include total joints, postoperative patients, and general medical overflow.
• Med-surg palliative assignments include general medical patients with pneumonia, sepsis, CHF, COPD, AKI, DVT, PE, occasional surgical needs, or COVID.
• The flex unit consists of PCU and medical-surgical patients.
• Rehab patients include those with stroke, spinal cord injury, TBI, multi-trauma, post-COVID conditions, and post-ICU needs; ventilated and tracheostomy patients are also present, with med-surg-level acuity.
• Respiratory therapy provides just-in-time training on the rehab unit.
• The RN will transport patients throughout the hospital, including all inpatient units, the ED, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, PACU, and cath lab.
• Day-shift ACLS transport RNs typically start getting busy at 0730-0800 and never slow down for the rest of the day.
• Patient ratios vary by assignment: ICU 1:2 based on acuity; PCU and CCU 1:4 depending on acuity or whether a patient is discharging; medical and surgical 1:5; and rehab uses a 1:8 team model (RN, LPN, Tech).
• Alaris IV pumps and Pyxis medication dispensing are used.

Floating Requirements

• The assignment is mainly ED-hold floating, supporting GSH 1 Dally/2 River North and South and Float Pool teams.
• The clinician may float for partial shifts.
• Floating will remain within the clinician’s scope of practice and below.
• If a PCU nurse floats to med-surg, the ratio is 1:5.

Shift & Scheduling

• Weekends will vary depending on the needs of the unit.
• The schedule is provided 3 weeks at a time, received around 10 days before the schedule begins.
• Self-scheduling is not available.
• No call.
• The preferred option is to call the RMC staffing office at least 30-45 minutes before each shift to get the assignment.
• Assignments are also posted outside the House Supervisor’s office.

5 days maximum time off

2 Manager references required from within the last 12 months

Certifications:

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)

• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale)

• BLS (Basic Life Support)

• Skills Checklist: Yes
• References: Yes
• License Type: registered
• License State: WA
• Certifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Basic Life Support, NIH Stroke Scale

Job Details

• Job Type: Travel
• Nurse/Patient: 1/2
• Shift Type: Day
• Contract Date: 2026-11-16
• Expected Length: 17 weeks
• Hours per Shift: 12
• Shifts per Week: 3