Local Contract PICU Registered Nurse - $72 per hour
Newark, NJ, 07175, USA
- Healthcare
- Contract
- PICU nurse
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Registered Nurse
This position is for a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse (PICU RN) on a local 13-week contract in Newark, NJ, working 12-hour night shifts focused on caring for critically ill children. Responsibilities include monitoring high-acuity pediatric patients and collaborating with healthcare professionals to implement care plans. The role offers competitive hourly pay, travel bonuses, health insurance from day one, and PTO accrual during the contract.
Stability Healthcare is seeking a local contract nurse RN PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care for a local contract nursing job in Newark, New Jersey.
Job Description & Requirements- Specialty: PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 02/09/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 48 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Local Contract
Stability Healthcare is looking for a PICU RN contract position in Newark, NJ. Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) nurse jobs involve the treatment of children and adolescents up to age 18 with high-acuity or life-threatening conditions. PICU Nurses should have experience in technologically-advanced intensive care units. Duties include the prioritization and monitoring of patients with high-acuity conditions and working with doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other professionals to implement a plan of care.
*$600 travel bonus *Day 1 health insurance with United Healthcare *PTO plan -- start accruing on day 1, use during contract or cash out at the end! *Guaranteed stipend if facility calls you off *Extra hour bonus -- earn an additional hourly bonus for working over your weekly contracted hours
Stability Job ID #L-809739. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 48 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: PICU
About Stability HealthcareStability Healthcare was founded in 2009, with the mission of becoming the best Travel Nursing Agency in California. We have been rated one of the top travel nursing agencies and offer our nurses the highest paying travel nursing jobs available. We have access to the best travel assignments from 1000’s of facilities.
You can start the year off in sunny California, spend the Spring in the Colorado Rockies, enjoy the Summer in the Mid-West, experience the change of seasons in Boston and New York, and hit the beaches of Florida in the winter. Our Nurses work in the best hospitals and health systems in the country.
- Guaranteed Hours
- Benefits start day 1




