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Intensive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs North Carolina for RNs

Top ICU Travel Nurse Jobs in North Carolina for Registered Nurse

AMN Healthcare can help you find the top ICU travel nurse jobs in North Carolina. We currently offer 26 of the best available ICU nurse travel jobs in the state. We also have 16 exclusive, high-paying Intensive Care Unit travel nurse jobs you won’t find anywhere else. North Carolina ICU travel jobs are currently available in cities like Fayetteville and Greenville. We have new jobs updating daily, so be sure to Apply Now so our specialists can make sure you get first crack. At AMN Healthcare, we’ve made it easy for you to compare North Carolina ICU nursing jobs by allowing you to filter based on salary, shift type, location or duration to find the right job for you.

The average wage for an Intensive Care Unit travel nurse in North Carolina as of Apr 1, 2025 was $1,863 weekly. Currently, you can find ICU jobs in North Carolina with a salary range between $1,492 to $2,257 per week. The city with the highest paying ICU job in North Carolina currently is Greenville with a position for a Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU at $2,169 per week.

There are many incredible hospital facilities in North Carolina to find ICU travel nursing work in. Stanton County Family Practice in Ahoskie, McDowell Hospital in Marion and Person Memorial Hospital in Roxboro all have ICU departments that may have jobs available.

If you have a specific start date in mind, we have a variety of options for ICU travel jobs in North Carolina. The earliest start date in North Carolina is Jun 16, 2025 for a Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU role at $2,257 per week. The latest start date for an job in North Carolina is Jun 23, 2025 for a Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU role at $2,169 per week. You can also find the best time for you by sorting on “start date” in the list below.

There are a variety of contract lengths available for an Intensive Care Unit travel nurse job in North Carolina including 13 weeks.

North Carolina is a popular place to work for ICU travel nurses, with great things to do, people to meet and places to see! You can learn more about travel nursing benefits here.

Top Cities in North Carolina with Travel Intensive Care Unit Jobs

AMN Healthcare currently has 26 Intensive Care Unit jobs in North Carolina and 324 Intensive Care Unit jobs nationwide. Be sure to check back daily for updates, or if you’re not finding what you’re looking for immediately, sign up for the AMN Passport App and we’ll connect you directly with a recruiter that can help expedite the process of finding your perfect opportunity.

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Highest Paying Intensive Care Unit RN Jobs in Fayetteville, NC

AMN Healthcare currently has travel Intensive Care Unit positions available in Fayetteville.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Fayetteville, North Carolina – 28304
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$2,048 to $2,257
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Fayetteville, North Carolina – 28304
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$2,048 to $2,257
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Fayetteville, North Carolina – 28304
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$2,048 to $2,257
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
travel Exclusive Seasonal Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Fayetteville, North Carolina – 28304
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$2,048 to $2,257
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Fayetteville, North Carolina – 28304
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$2,048 to $2,257
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Highest Paying Intensive Care Unit RN Jobs in Greenville, NC

AMN Healthcare currently has travel Intensive Care Unit positions available in Greenville.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Greenville, North Carolina – 27834
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,968 to $2,169
Weekly Pay*
The NSICU RN must demonstrate expertise in advanced hemodynamic monitoring, ICP monitoring, and ventilator management. Nursing staff analyze all hemodynamics and respiratory care practitioners assist with mechanical ventilator management. BLS is required upon hire, ACLS is required within 6 months of hire and NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale) certification completion is required prior to end of orientation. These certifications must remain active. Eight hours of continuing stroke education are required annually. The NSICU RN manages ventriculostomies, lumbar drains, arterial lines and central lines. Essential skills are advanced hemodynamic monitoring via the Hemosphere device as well as pulmonary artery catheters. Various intravenous drips are utilized in the NSICU and include medications for pain and sedation and well as vasopressors and vasodilators. NSICU uses targeted temperature management and continuous renal replacement therapy. Registered nurses provide care in conjunction with the nursing assistant and our team of neurointensivists and advanced practice providers. Assignments are based on the patient’s needs, the geographical location of the patients, and the resources available. The charge nurse does not have a patient assignment. NSICU was the recipient of the Patient Choice Award for inpatient units at ECU Health in 2022 and 2023 for our patient satisfaction scores.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Greenville, North Carolina – 27834
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,968 to $2,169
Weekly Pay*
The NSICU RN must demonstrate expertise in advanced hemodynamic monitoring, ICP monitoring, and ventilator management. Nursing staff analyze all hemodynamics and respiratory care practitioners assist with mechanical ventilator management. BLS is required upon hire, ACLS is required within 6 months of hire and NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale) certification completion is required prior to end of orientation. These certifications must remain active. Eight hours of continuing stroke education are required annually. The NSICU RN manages ventriculostomies, lumbar drains, arterial lines and central lines. Essential skills are advanced hemodynamic monitoring via the Hemosphere device as well as pulmonary artery catheters. Various intravenous drips are utilized in the NSICU and include medications for pain and sedation and well as vasopressors and vasodilators. NSICU uses targeted temperature management and continuous renal replacement therapy. Registered nurses provide care in conjunction with the nursing assistant and our team of neurointensivists and advanced practice providers. Assignments are based on the patient’s needs, the geographical location of the patients, and the resources available. The charge nurse does not have a patient assignment. NSICU was the recipient of the Patient Choice Award for inpatient units at ECU Health in 2022 and 2023 for our patient satisfaction scores.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Greenville, North Carolina – 27834
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,968 to $2,169
Weekly Pay*
The NSICU RN must demonstrate expertise in advanced hemodynamic monitoring, ICP monitoring, and ventilator management. Nursing staff analyze all hemodynamics and respiratory care practitioners assist with mechanical ventilator management. BLS is required upon hire, ACLS is required within 6 months of hire and NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale) certification completion is required prior to end of orientation. These certifications must remain active. Eight hours of continuing stroke education are required annually. The NSICU RN manages ventriculostomies, lumbar drains, arterial lines and central lines. Essential skills are advanced hemodynamic monitoring via the Hemosphere device as well as pulmonary artery catheters. Various intravenous drips are utilized in the NSICU and include medications for pain and sedation and well as vasopressors and vasodilators. NSICU uses targeted temperature management and continuous renal replacement therapy. Registered nurses provide care in conjunction with the nursing assistant and our team of neurointensivists and advanced practice providers. Assignments are based on the patient’s needs, the geographical location of the patients, and the resources available. The charge nurse does not have a patient assignment. NSICU was the recipient of the Patient Choice Award for inpatient units at ECU Health in 2022 and 2023 for our patient satisfaction scores.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Greenville, North Carolina – 27834
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,968 to $2,169
Weekly Pay*
24 Bed Medical Intensive Care Unit Primary Population: The MICU provides services to adult, acutely ill patients experiencing the following: Hemodynamically Instability, Respiratory Failure requiring Intubation, Pneumonia, Sepsis, Renal Failure requiring CRRT, DKA, GI Bleed, Stroke, and Infectious Diseases. Registered nurses provide care in conjunction with the care partner and medical team. The twenty four beds are divided into (3) 8 bed areas. The unit has 1-2 float nurses without patient assignments and one charge nurse without patient assignment. Skills that will be utilized are continuous infusion medication management, pain management, wound care, arterial lines, central lines, tracheotomy patients, central lines, chest tubes, mechanical ventilation, continuous cardiac monitoring, and various continuous intravenous drips. RN ratio 1:2
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Greenville, North Carolina – 27834
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,898 to $2,091
Weekly Pay*
24 Bed Medical Intensive Care Unit Primary Population: The MICU provides services to adult, acutely ill patients experiencing the following: Hemodynamically Instability, Respiratory Failure requiring Intubation, Pneumonia, Sepsis, Renal Failure requiring CRRT, DKA, GI Bleed, Stroke, and Infectious Diseases. Registered nurses provide care in conjunction with the care partner and medical team. The twenty four beds are divided into (3) 8 bed areas. The unit has 1-2 float nurses without patient assignments and one charge nurse without patient assignment. Skills that will be utilized are continuous infusion medication management, pain management, wound care, arterial lines, central lines, tracheotomy patients, central lines, chest tubes, mechanical ventilation, continuous cardiac monitoring, and various continuous intravenous drips. RN ratio 1:2
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Highest Paying Intensive Care Unit RN Jobs in Roxboro, NC

AMN Healthcare currently has travel Intensive Care Unit positions available in Roxboro.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Roxboro, North Carolina – 27573
  • 12 D,
  • May 30, 2025
  • 13
$1,651 to $1,819
Weekly Pay*
Person Memorial Hospital in Roxboro, NC is a full service hospital where caring, kindness, and compassion join modern facilities and equipment to provide you the best possible health care. We provide comprehensive health care services to Person County and surrounding areas, licensed for 98 beds. We strive to meet the ever-changing needs of our patients. Person Memorial Hospital, the Extended Care Unit, and the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory are accredited by The Joint Commission.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Roxboro, North Carolina – 27573
  • 12 D,
  • May 30, 2025
  • 13
$1,651 to $1,819
Weekly Pay*
Person Memorial Hospital in Roxboro, NC is a full service hospital where caring, kindness, and compassion join modern facilities and equipment to provide you the best possible health care. We provide comprehensive health care services to Person County and surrounding areas, licensed for 98 beds. We strive to meet the ever-changing needs of our patients. Person Memorial Hospital, the Extended Care Unit, and the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory are accredited by The Joint Commission.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Roxboro, North Carolina – 27573
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,651 to $1,819
Weekly Pay*
Person Memorial Hospital in Roxboro, NC is a full service hospital where caring, kindness, and compassion join modern facilities and equipment to provide you the best possible health care. We provide comprehensive health care services to Person County and surrounding areas, licensed for 98 beds. We strive to meet the ever-changing needs of our patients. Person Memorial Hospital, the Extended Care Unit, and the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory are accredited by The Joint Commission.
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Highest Paying Intensive Care Unit RN Jobs in Ahoskie, NC

AMN Healthcare currently has travel Intensive Care Unit positions available in Ahoskie.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Ahoskie, North Carolina – 27910
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,968 to $2,169
Weekly Pay*
This modern, 114-bed hospital in Ahoskie provides a full spectrum of health services to nearly 40,000 people across four counties. A staff of highly qualified, board-certified physicians is dedicated to serving you. ECU Roanoke-Chowan Hospital also offers a number of specialty services, including behavioral health, cancer care, pain management, wound healing, sleep services and a ECU Wellness Center location in Ahoskie.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Ahoskie, North Carolina – 27910
  • 12 D,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,968 to $2,169
Weekly Pay*
This modern, 114-bed hospital in Ahoskie provides a full spectrum of health services to nearly 40,000 people across four counties. A staff of highly qualified, board-certified physicians is dedicated to serving you. ECU Roanoke-Chowan Hospital also offers a number of specialty services, including behavioral health, cancer care, pain management, wound healing, sleep services and a ECU Wellness Center location in Ahoskie.
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Statistics on ICU Jobs in North Carolina

Review helpful statistics about ICU traveling nurse jobs in North Carolina. The data is based on the last three complete months of ICU job postings in the state of North Carolina. It is regularly updated, so you can find the most recent Intensive Care Unit job salary trends, the types of shifts and contract durations most commonly available in North Carolina for travel nursing jobs.

Salary Range

Salary Trends

Jobs by Facility types

Frequently Asked Questions about Travel Intensive Care Unit Jobs in North Carolina

How much does an Intensive Care Unit travel nurse make on average in North Carolina?

An ICU nurse in North Carolina can make an average of $1,905 per week.

How much does a night shift ICU travel nurse make on average in North Carolina?

A: A 12 Hour Night shift Intensive Care Unit nurse in North Carolina can make an average of $1,922 per week based on recent job availability.

How much does a day shift ICU travel nurse make on average in North Carolina?

A: A 12 Hour Day shift Intensive Care Unit nurse in North Carolina can make an average of $1,909 per week based on recent job availability. Learn more about Travel Nursing Salaries.

How many travel Intensive Care Unit jobs are available in North Carolina?

There are currently 26 Intensive Care Unit travel nursing jobs available in North Carolina. We also get new jobs daily, so be sure to apply now and a recruiter will help you find the perfect fit as jobs become available.

What healthcare facilities have RN Intensive Care Unit staff in North Carolina?

  • Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton
  • Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte
  • Carolinas Medical Center – Pineville in Charlotte
  • Carolinas Medical Center – Stanly in Albemarle
  • High Point Regional Health System in High Point

What types of shifts are most common for ICU travel nursing jobs in North Carolina?

Based on the last 6 months of data, 12 Hour Night shifts were the most common shifts in North Carolina cities.

What is the most common contract duration for ICU travel jobs in North Carolina?

Based on recent months, the most common contract for an Intensive Care Unit travel job in North Carolina is 13 weeks.

Locating ICU Travel Nursing Jobs in North Carolina

In North Carolina, cities like Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville, and High Point have travel ICU nursing jobs and traveling nurse housing available. It’s a great state to work in, hosting facilities like Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Carolinas Medical Center – Pineville, Carolinas Medical Center – Stanly and High Point Regional Health System, all with nurse specialties and Intensive Care Unit staff.

Healthcare Facilities in North Carolina that offer Travel Intensive Care Unit Jobs

These are just examples of some of the healthcare facilities in and around the North Carolina area that have historically offered travel jobs for Intensive Care Unit professionals.
Wilson Medical Center
Shifts
8 D, 8 E, 8 N, 10 D, 10 E, 10 N, 12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
12 wks and 13 wks
Address
1705 TARBORO ST. SW
Wilson, NC 27893
Nearby Neighborhoods
Breckenridge (27895), Crestview (27895), Quail Hollow (27895), Quail Ridge (27895), Westwood (27893)
Halifax Regional Medical Center
Shifts
9 D, 9 E, 9 N, 10 D, 12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
8 wks, 13 wks, 14 wks, and 15 wks
Address
250 Smith Church Road
Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
Central Carolina Hospital
Shifts
8 D, 8 N, 12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
13 wks
Address
1135 Carthage St
Sanford, NC 27330
Nearby Neighborhoods
Berkley Place (27330), Sunset Terrace (27330), Brookwood (27331), Colonial Acres (27331), Longview Acres (27331)
Carolinas Medical Center – Pineville
Carolinas Medical Center – Stanly
Shifts
8 D, 12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
8 wks, 11 wks, 12 wks, 13 wks, and 25 wks
Address
301 Yadkin Street
Albemarle, NC 28002
Person Memorial Hospital
Shifts
12 D and 12 N
Job Durations
12 wks, 13 wks, and 131 wks
Address
615 Ridge Rd
Roxboro, NC 27573
Nearby Neighborhoods
Fairfield Park (27573), Madison Park (27573), Lake View (27573), Longhurst (27573), Greenwood Acres (27573)
Transylvania Regional Hospital
Shifts
12 D and 12 N
Job Durations
13 wks
Address
90 Hospital Dr
Brevard, NC 28712
Nearby Neighborhoods
Franklin Park (28712), Millbrook Estates (28712), McCrary Acres (28712), Fernwood (28712), Morgan Heights (28712)
* Estimate of payments is intended for informational purposes and includes hourly wages, as well as reimbursements for meal & incidental expenses and housing expenses incurred on behalf of the Company. Please speak with a recruiter for additional details.