Malone Healthcare - Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Quincy, Illinois.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 01/19/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
General Requirements- Experience: Must have worked in a Level I or Level II trauma center and hospitals with 300+ beds.
- Unit: ICU – 2nd floor (mostly MICU, some SICU).
- Beds: 16
- Nurse-to-Patient Ratio: 1:2
Required Certifications- ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
- BLS (Basic Life Support)
- NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale)
Patient Population / Common Diagnoses- CRRT (Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, Prismaflex)
- Rotaprone therapy
- TTM (Targeted Temperature Management) – Arctic Sun
- Mass transfusions / MTP (Massive Transfusion Protocol)
- Train of 4 monitoring, frequent paralysis
- ECMO occasionally
- 24-hour EEG monitoring
- EVD (External Ventricular Drain), LP drain
- Neurosurgery patients
- Trauma patients (drownings, tractor rollovers, fractures, MVAs, spinal injuries)
- Sepsis, DKA, post-surgical recovery, post-heart cath (sometimes pulling sheaths)
- COVID patients
- Organ recovery (procurement only, no transplants done here)
Experience / Skills Required- Prefer experience pulling sheaths
- CRRT experience highly preferred
- Must have Level II trauma experience or above
- RNs required to titrate drips
Common titratable ICU drips:
- Precedex
- Pressors
- Anti-arrhythmics
- Sedation
- Common ICU drips
Bedside procedures:
- Trachs, chest tube insertion, bronchoscopy assistance, arterial line insertion
Unit Leadership- Charge Nurse / House Supervisor:
- Day shift usually functions as a senior staff nurse
- Night shift may act as house supervisor but takes a smaller assignment to assist staff
About Malone Healthcare - Nursing
With a commitment to providing a higher standard of service and experience in patient care, Malone Healthcare places expert nurses and allied health professionals in rewarding careers throughout the United States. As a leading healthcare staffing agency, Malone’s focus on compliance and integrity translates to a seamless experience for our team members and partner facilities. When you work with Malone Healthcare, you can rely on over 50 years of proven experience placing exceptional professionals in quality healthcare settings.
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- Continuing Education
- 401k retirement plan
- Pet insurance
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- License and certification reimbursement
- Life insurance
