Registered Nurse

Position Details

• Location: Lubbock, Texas
• Employment type: Travel/contract
• Unit: Medical-Surgical ICU East
• Schedule: Evening shifts, 3x12 hours, 3:00 p.m.–3:00 a.m.
• Duration: 13 weeks
• Guaranteed hours: 36 per week
• Start date: November 30, 2026

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care and monitor patient conditions in the assigned critical care setting.
• Coordinate care, communicate patient updates to the care team, and document care in the electronic chart.
• Respond to changing patient needs and follow applicable clinical and safety procedures.

Requirements

• Certifications: ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS.
• Charting system experience with Epic is required.
• Trauma Level I experience is preferred.
• Trauma Level II experience is preferred.
• Travel experience is not required.
• Professional topics and skills: Activated Clotting Time (ACT); fibrinogen; infection prevention; INR; isolation precautions/PPE; management of high-output drains; massive transfusion protocol (required); monitoring for abdominal compartment syndrome (required); phlebotomy (required); PT/PTT.
• Genitourinary and renal: acute kidney injury (required); chronic/acute renal failure (required); CVVHD/CRRT (required); intake and output monitoring; pre/post hemodialysis management; urine output assessment.
• IV therapy: arterial line management; blood product administration; central line care/management; PICC line management; starting and maintaining IVs; TPN/lipids.
• Respiratory and thoracic: assist with chest tube insertion/removal; BiPAP/CPAP management; care of ventilated patient; high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC); interpretation of arterial blood gases (ABGs); pulmonary edema; pulmonary embolism; respiratory failure; suctioning (ETT, NT); ventilator management.
• Work settings: cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU); medical intensive care unit; neuro intensive care unit; surgical intensive care unit; trauma intensive care unit (required).
• Cardiovascular: central venous pressure monitoring (CVP); coronary artery bypass graft (CABG); epicardial pacing wire care and management; Impella (required); post-cardiac surgery, directly from the OR; post-cardiac surgery, not directly from the OR; pre/post cardiac cath/intervention; pulmonary artery line/Swan-Ganz monitoring; transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR); valve repair/replacement.
• Medications: continuous IV paralytics/neuromuscular blockade; continuous IV sedation; emergency medications; procedural sedation administration/monitoring; titrate cardiac drips; titrate vasoactive drips.
• Neurological: CVA/acute stroke management; external ventricular drain (EVD); ICP monitoring; lumbar drains; post-craniotomy; post-neurosurgery management; spinal cord injury; traumatic brain injury.
• Gastrointestinal: GI surgery (required); liver failure (required).
• Cardiac monitoring and emergency response: interpretation of dysrhythmias; management of dysrhythmias; management of patients with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure; obtain 12-lead EKG/ECG.
• Endocrine/metabolic: IV insulin protocols (required).
• Additional skills: CV and Neuro ICU skills must be rated 3s and 4s.

Compensation & Why Quick2Hire

Earn $56.00–$67.00 per hour. Quick2Hire is your staffing partner, with a dedicated recruiter supporting you throughout the assignment, reliable weekly pay, and per diem shifts available if you want extra flexibility. Apply through Quick2Hire to be considered for this Lubbock, TX contract.