Travel Nurse RN - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care - $1,670 per week in Austin, TX

Company: TravelNurseSource
Location: Austin
Posted on: February 6, 2026

Job Description:

Registered Nurse (RN) | Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care Location: Austin, TX Agency: Mindlance Health Pay: $1,670 per week Shift Information: Nights - 3 days x 12 hours Contract Duration: 13 Weeks Start Date: 3/1/2026 About the Position TravelNurseSource is working with Mindlance Health to find a qualified ICU/Critical Care RN in Austin, Texas, 73301! ID: 75323462 Shift: 06:45 PM-07:15 AM Description: Required Experience: Minimum of one year of ICU experience.Summary: The ICU RN provides comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to critically ill adult patients requiring continuous monitoring, advanced interventions, and complex clinical decision-making. The RN functions as a patient advocate, clinical expert, and collaborative team member within a fast-paced, high-acuity environment.Key Responsibilities:- Provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures, and protocols.- Care for critically ill adult patients, including those requiring mechanical ventilation, vasoactive infusions, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, and post-operative or post-procedural critical care.- Perform ongoing, detailed patient assessments and reassessments.- Interpret and respond to cardiac rhythms, lab results, arterial blood gases, and hemodynamic data.- Titrate medications per provider orders and unit protocols.- Identify subtle changes in patient condition and initiate timely interventions.- Manage emergency situations, including codes, rapid deterioration, and complex procedures.Ideal Candidate communication, proactive nature, strong initiative, integrity, responsibility, commitment to patient and family advocacy, problem-solving skills, good teamwork, and a foundational knowledge of pathophysiology.BLS, ACLS, NIH required. Unit Description: ICU is 8 beds 2:1 ratioWill float to IMC which is 6 beds 3:1 ratioCharge Nurse out of numbers most of the time and covers both ICU/IMC, CRT and Code's in house.Patient : medical, CHF, cardiac, sepsis, septic shock, ARDs, renal failure, etoh withdrawal, GI bleeds, suicide, COPD, pancreatitis, respiratory failure, vents, bipaps, trachs, CRRT.ASNW ICU/IMC is a nurse driven unit, no physician residents to think for you and Critical Care Physicians are not in house 24/7. It is an open ICU/IMC unit where Internal Medicine Physicians admit all critical patients then consult the Critical Care Physician and other specialty physicians if needed. Critical Care physicians round daily on patients and are always available by phone.All staff communicate via Voalte phone, so all multidisciplinary team members, physicians, dieticians, social workers are linked to the nurse and patient for communication and questions. - For ; For ; Verification - For ; For ; Checklist/ Specialty Exam - For ; For ; Personal Health Color Vision - For ; For ; Checklist/ Core Competencies - For ; For ; Checklist/ EKG Exam - For ; For ; Checklist/ Unit Specific Checklist - For ; For ; Onboarding Requirements Education Attestation - For ; For ; Nursing Contract Worker Onboarding - For ; For ; Nova StatStrip - For ; For ; Checklist/ Cerner Test-Out - For ; For ; Personal Health - For ; For ; Personal Health Test - For ; For ; Personal Health B - For ; For ; Personal Health Vaccine - For ; For ; Personal Health PPD- Negative Chest X-Ray and Annual TB Questionnaire - For ; For ; Personal Health Statement - For ; For ; License/State ID - For ; For ; Personal Health History:2 Step PPD OR IGRA (Quantiferon/Tspot) - For ; For ; Personal Health - For ; For ; Personal Health - For ; For ; Profile - For ; For ; 2 Professional References - For ; For ; Criminal Background Check Results - For ; For ; EPLS - For ; For ; Checklist/ Skills Checklist - For ; For ; Personal Health 12 Panel Drug Screen - For ; For ; Education Verification - For ; For ; Confirmation of Assignment - For ; For ; Employment Verification - For ; For ; Manager Evaluation - For ; For ; Name Change Document - For ; For ; Badge Photo - For ; For ; Order Requisition Reason Permanent Positions , License/Certificate Verification , License/Certificate Verification Guaranteed Hours: 36 Contract Weeks:90 5 Benefits of Travel Nursing Advocating for patients becomes more nuanced when dealing with diverse populations. Travel nursing exposes you to different patient advocacy scenarios, refining your advocacy skills. Different facilities may use various healthcare technologies and electronic health record systems. Exposure to these technologies enhances your proficiency in adapting to different digital healthcare platforms. Different regions may incorporate alternative medicine practices into healthcare. Exposure to these diverse approaches broadens your understanding of holistic patient care. Travel nursing encourages self-reliance and independence. Managing your assignments, travel logistics, and personal well-being in new locations enhances your ability to thrive in diverse circumstances. Travel nursing offers flexibility in terms of assignment duration and location. You can choose short-term or long-term assignments, and the flexibility allows for a better work-life balance. 29301373EXPTEMP

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