Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,475 per week

The Judge Group is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/06/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Schedule

• Shift:

  Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:30)

• Block Schedules:

  No

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Previous Charge Experience:

  Preferred

• Years of Experience:

  2 year(s)

  Note: experience from large teaching facility, not LTACH or critical access hospital

• Patient Ratio Experience:

  1:2-3

• Charting System:

  Required, Epic

• Teaching Hospital Experience:

  Required

• Community Hospital Experience:

  -

• LTAC Experience:

  -

• Trauma Level I Experience:

  Required

• Trauma Level II Experience:

  -

• Travel Experience Required:

  No
  Note: Must have strong ICU skills

• Certfications: Certs marked with * are preferred

  ACLS, BLS, NIHSS

• Skills: Skills marked with * are preferred

  IV therapy

  Accessing Ports

  Arterial line management

  Blood Product Administration

  Central line care/management

  PICC line management

  Starting IVs

  Respiratory/Thoracic

  Assist with Chest Tube Insertion/Removal

  Assist with management of BiPAP

  Assist with management of CPAP

  Care of Ventilated Patient

  Fresh tracheostomy*

  High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)

  Interpretation of ABGs

  Suctioning (ETT, NT)

  Ventilator Management

  Work Settings

  Burn Intensive Care Unit*

  Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)*

  Medical Intensive Care Unit*

  Neuro Intensive Care Unit*

  Surgical Intensive Care Unit*

  Trauma Intensive Care Unit*

  Cardiovascular

  CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft)*

  Epicardial Pacing Wire Care and Management*

  Post Cardiac Surgery (directly from the OR)*

  Post Cardiac Surgery (Not directly from the OR)*

  Pre/Post Cardiac Cath/intervention*

  Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring*

  Transcatheter Aortic Valve implantation/Replacement (TAVI/TAVR)*

  Valve Replacement/Repair*

  Genitourinary/Renal

  Chronic/Acute Renal failure

  Medications

  Continuous IV paralytics/Neuromuscular blockade

  Continuous IV sedation

  Emergency Medications

  Procedural Sedation Administration

  Titrate Cardiac drips

  Titrate Vasoactive drips

  Neurological

  CVA/Acute Stroke management

  External ventricular drains (EVD)*

  ICP monitoring*

  Lumbar drains*

  Post Craniotomy*

  Post Neurosurgery management*

  Spinal cord injury*

  Traumatic Brain injury*

  Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response

  FloTrac/Vigileo monitoring*

  Interpretation of dysrhythmias

  Management of dysrhythmias

  Multi-system organ failure

  Obtain 12 lead EKG

  Gastrointestinal

  GI surgery

  Professional Topics and Skills

  Infection Prevention

  Isolation Precautions/ Use of PPE

  Phlebotomy

  Surgical Wounds with drains/Wound Vac

  Endocrine/Metabolic

  IV insulin protocols

  Burns

  Thermoregulation: hypothermia/hyperthermia*

  Additional Skills

  Shock Management*

  Anticoagulation Management

Unit Details

• Staffing & Scheduling

• Scheduling Type:

  Other

• Patient Ratios:

  Days: -
  Nights: -
  Weekends: -

• Float Required:

  Yes
  Note: May float to MS or LLM and take up to 4 patients.

• Call Required:

  -

• Weekend Coverage:

  Every Other

• Number of Weekend Shifts Per Contract:

  -

• Pre-Approved Time Off:

  1 Request

• Orientation Hours:

  40

• Facility & Patient Care Details

• Patient Age Groups:

  Adults, Geriatrics

• Daily Census:

  -

• Number of Visits Per Day:

  -

• Number of Rooms:

  -

• Number of Beds:

  -

• Additional Unit Information

• Interdisciplinary Support:

  IV Teams, Physical Therapy, Respiratory Services, Interpretation Services, Phlebotomy, Radiology, Social Services, Rapid Response Teams, Pharmacy, Transportation, Unit Secretary

• Patient Diagnoses:

  Will be required to float to all Critical Care Units or to MS or Low Level Monitoring if needed. ICU ratio 1-2 or 3 and MS and LLM ratio up to 4.

  Shock Management will be for medication management.
  Various Anticoagulation (protocols) per unit/diagnosis
   

• Special Procedures/Unit Details:

  There are 7 ICUs at LVHN Cedar Crest.

  2K MICU/SICU: 32 bed medical-surgical ICU
  2KS: 12 bed medical-surgical ICU
  OHU: 11 bed Open Heart Unit, surgical cardiac
  CICU: 14 bed Cardiac ICU, medical cardiac
  TNICU: 14 bed Trauma/Neuro ICU
  NSICU: 14 bed Neuroscience ICU
  Burn: 18 beds, mixed acuity

• Special Equipment:

  Must have diverse experience.

  Facility size is 981
  experience from large teaching facility, not LTACH or critical access hospital
  Excellent facility to work per other travelers plus have had many convert to staff.
  
   
• Holiday Comments: None

• COVID-19 Vaccine (Facility Guideline):

  Not Required

• Flu Vaccine (Facility Guideline):

  Required - Medical/Religious Exemptions Only

Job Overview

• Description:

  PA or Compact license req in hand
  RTO required at the time of submission
  2-year ICU experience required
  Critical Care Float Pool experience preferred
  Patient ratio: Ranges from 1:1 – 3:1
  Patient Population: Adult
  Experience with Teaching Hospital and Trauma Level I Facility
  Floating required
  No on call
  Weekend requirement: Every weekend Friday, Saturday, Sunday
  Holiday requirement: Every other
  
   

About The Judge Group

Judge Healthcare, a division of The Judge Group, bridges the talent divide for companies and organizations

across the healthcare ecosystem, providing resources and specialized roles such as travel nurses, allied health

professionals, locum tenens, and more. Judge’s seasoned recruiters are fluent in the trends, technologies, and

regulations shaping today’s healthcare environment, and use this knowledge to pair the right staffing solutions

with the right talent.