Malone Healthcare - Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN MICU - Medical Intensive Care Unit Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: MICU - Medical Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 01/12/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, evenings
- Employment Type: Travel
General job duties. Types of procedures required.
Caring for ventilated patients, initiating and titrating IV drips (vasopressors, sedation, and paralytics), Assist with intubations, line placement. Monitoring critically ill patients with primary diagnosis of sepsis, respiratory failure (acute and chronic), renal failure (acute and chronic), myocardial infarctions, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia. This is a mixed acuity unit and there are ICU and progressive patients on the same unit. Traveler's will care for both types of patients, more often progressive patients than ICU patients.
Equipment utilized in the unit/dept.
Phillips heart monitors, Epic (EMR), Pyxis, EKG machine, dopplers.
Required skills and minimum years of experience.
Strong background in medical patients and critical care with the ability to be flexible, critically think and reason, team oriented, and personable.
Minimum 1.5 years of ICU experience required, 2 years ICU experience preferred.
Specific licensures and certifications/registrations required.
BLS (AHA only), ACLS (AHA only), IN RN license
Shift or schedule requirements.
Three 12 hour shifts per week. Traditional weekday plus weekend rotation. Would never work alone.
Floating to other units/departments.
This is a mixed acuity unit and there are ICU and progressive patients on the same unit. Traveler's will care for both types of patients, more often progressive patients than ICU patients.
These travelers can be floated to other ICUs, other progressive units and down to Medsurg, but will maintain 1:3 ratios across the board.
Bed size/number of rooms for this unit/dept.
Medical ICU 24 beds, Progressive Care is 12 beds.
Nurse to patient ratio of this unit.
Prog 1:3 or 1:4 w/transfers or medical patients, ICU 1:2 or 1:3 w/transfers or medical patients
Dress Code:
Caribbean blue scrubs. Jackets must be black, white, or Caribbean blue. Short sleeves or long sleeves may be worn under the scrubs but must be black or white.
Tell us about the unit/department specific training and orientation program.
Onboarding through workforce development to review policies and obtain EPIC training and access. One day of the unit onboarding.
Minimum 1.5 years ICU experience required Must have a valid IN RN License ACLS (AHA only) Mixed acuity unit - main patients will be PCU with 1:3 ratio, less likely ICU patients with 1:2 ratio Travel experience preferred. Level 1 or Level 2 facility experience preferred. Position will float to ALL ICU, PCU and Medsurg units with a 1:3 max ratio BLS (AHA only)
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
