Registered Nurse - ICU
Location: North Richland Hills, TX
Start Date: 05-11-2025
End Date: 08-10-2025
Contract Type: Travel Contract
Shift Type: Rotating nights, 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM, weekends rotating (Night shift)
Hours per Week: 36
Candidate Pay Rate: $46 per hour
About United Health Care Staffing
At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality, evidence-based critical care to ICU patients, including ventilated and post-operative cardiac patients
- Manage ventilators and perform advanced hemodynamic monitoring to keep patients stable
- Deliver specialized post-CABG, CVICU and transplant care when needed
- Collaborate closely with intensivists, respiratory therapists and the interdisciplinary team to coordinate care
- Perform thorough bedside shift reports and maintain clear, patient-centered communication
- Document care accurately and efficiently in Meditech and uphold unit policies
- Assist with unit floating as required and support team morale in a high-acuity environment
- Practice infection control, safety protocols and professional conduct at all times
Qualifications
- Active Texas RN license required (temporary licenses not accepted)
- Minimum 2+ years of ICU experience (CVICU/heart transplant experience strongly preferred)
- BLS and ACLS certification required; current CPR certification
- Strong experience with ventilator management and hemodynamic monitoring
- Comfortable caring for post-CABG patients and other high-acuity cardiac cases
- Meditech experience preferred; ability to document accurately
- Professional bedside manner and commitment to unit standards (bedside shift report required)
Knowledge & Skills
- Critical care nursing principles and best practices
- Ventilator management and troubleshooting
- Hemodynamic monitoring and titration of vasoactive medications
- Postoperative cardiac care (post-CABG) and familiarity with transplant/ECMO cases
- Meditech charting and clinical documentation
- Strong clinical judgment, prioritization and multitasking in high-acuity settings
- Excellent communication, teamwork and patient-centered bedside reporting
- Ability to adapt to floating and changing unit assignments
Benefits
- Generous housing and travel support to help you settle in quickly
- Comprehensive medical, dental & vision coverage to keep you healthy
- 401K retirement savings plan to help you plan ahead
- Life insurance and short-term disability for peace of mind
- Paid time off so you can actually recharge
- Licensure assistance and reimbursement to simplify paperwork
- Travel reimbursement and assignment support for contract nurses
- Referral bonus program and recognition for great teammates
- A supportive team and leadership that values your expertise
Travel Perks: Explore North Richland Hills, TX
This travel assignment places you in North Richland Hills, TX, a great home base near Fort Worth and Dallas. Explore nearby attractions like the Fort Worth Stockyards and Sundance Square, visit the Kimbell Art Museum or Fort Worth Zoo for a weekend escape, and enjoy outdoor time on the Trinity Trails or at NRH2O Family Water Park. Grapevine’s wineries, local dining scenes and major shopping centers are an easy drive, and DFW International Airport keeps travel convenient for days off or quick trips.
Apply Now
Ready to start your next adventure as a Registered Nurse - ICU? Let's get you moving forward!
Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.
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