ICU Travel Nurse - Kansas City, MO

This ICU travel nurse position in Kansas City, Missouri, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel ICU Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Research Medical Center. This role pays $1,978 per week and follows a Nights shift with a 3x12 schedule.

As the ICU registered nurse on this assignment, you'll care for critically ill patients on continuous monitoring, titrate critical infusions as ordered, manage ventilated patients, and act immediately on signs of deterioration with the critical care team.

Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits.

Responsibilities

• Manage critically ill patients requiring continuous hemodynamic monitoring and frequent reassessment
• Titrate vasoactive, sedation, and other high-alert drips as ordered and per facility protocol
• Care for mechanically ventilated patients and manage critical care devices, including arterial and central lines
• Respond to clinical deterioration and participate in codes and rapid responses

Travel Nursing Requirements

• 2+ years of recent ICU nursing experience
• Active Missouri RN License

Research Medical Center - Kansas City, MO

Research Medical Center is a tertiary community teaching hospital with trauma, transplant and cancer services at its main campus.

• Emergency care includes an American College of Surgeons-verified Level I trauma center and a Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center.
• Inpatient care spans internal medicine, medical and surgical ICUs, and a neuroscience ICU. Cardiac recovery includes intensive care and telemetry settings.
• Surgical services include general, orthopedic, spine and gynecologic operations, including complex abdominal wall hernia repair and minimally invasive procedures.
• Cardiac surgery includes coronary bypass, aortic procedures and valve repair or replacement, alongside transcatheter aortic valve replacement for selected patients.
• Kidney and simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation are supported by a dedicated transplant unit. The program also performs living-donor kidney transplants.
• A dedicated inpatient oncology unit and the on-site Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute support cancer care, including gastrointestinal and brain tumors and surgical oncology.