Local Contract Pediatric ICU Registered Nurse - $72 per hour

Stability Healthcare
Newark, NJ, 07175, USA

Healthcare
Contract
PICU nurse
Pediatric intensive care
Registered Nurse RN

Our job summary

This local contract position seeks a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Registered Nurse to provide high-acuity care to children and adolescents in Newark, New Jersey. The role involves close collaboration with healthcare teams to monitor and implement care plans for critically ill pediatric patients, working 12-hour day shifts over a 13-week contract. Benefits include travel bonuses, day-one health insurance, paid time off, and guaranteed hours with competitive hourly pay.

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, days
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-809734. 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 Healthcare

Stability 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.

Benefits

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