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    Identify the Pennsylvania Unit Category Before Comparing Roles

    Recent high-acuity experience should drive the first comparison between Pennsylvania ICU contracts. ICU travel nurse jobs in Pennsylvania extend from Philadelphia academic and transplant systems to Pittsburgh referral centers, Lehigh Valley and Harrisburg hospitals, Erie, and regional facilities serving central and northeastern communities. A specialty ICU may expect current cardiac, neuro, trauma, surgical, transplant, or mechanical-support experience. A mixed ICU and coronary-care unit can require a different blend of diagnoses and monitoring. Confirm ventilator platforms, vasoactive-drip scope, invasive lines, fresh postoperative admissions, and progressive-care floating. Ask how the facility distinguishes intensive care from mixed ICU and coronary care in staffing and assignments. Pennsylvania offers several referral patterns; the right role is the one whose patient population and technology match recent practice.

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    Pennsylvania Terms by Reported Unit Category

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    A sound Pennsylvania comparison keeps compact privilege, unit fit, transfer duties, schedule and the full compensation package in one view.

    1 ICU contract is open in Pennsylvania right now and 1 already filled. Open postings have been live about 61 days on average.

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    Pennsylvania critical-care CLABSI standardized infection ratio, 2024 (CDC)
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    1,532 mixed ICU beds
    Staffed mixed ICU/CCU beds in Pennsylvania hospitals, 2024 (DOH)
    58,834 mixed admissions
    Mixed ICU/CCU admissions in Pennsylvania hospitals, 2024 (DOH)
    117 VAE reporters
    Hospitals reporting Pennsylvania critical-care VAE data, 2024 (CDC)

    Live counts from the jobs feed, updated daily. Demand figures from public workforce data, sources noted with each figure.

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    Pennsylvania ICU Capacity and Utilization

    Pennsylvania's annual hospital questionnaire separates intensive care from mixed ICU and coronary-care units, which helps travelers ask more precise questions. For 2024, general acute-care hospitals reported 1,549 staffed intensive-care beds and 379,054 intensive-care patient days. The same source publishes mixed ICU/CCU as a separate category, so its beds and admissions should not be merged casually with the intensive-care totals. In Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, adult ICU assignments may be divided among medical, surgical, cardiac, neuro, trauma, transplant, or burn services. Lehigh Valley, Harrisburg, Erie, and regional hospitals may use mixed ICU/CCU structures or transfer pathways. Travelers should confirm which unit category the contract uses, the patient population, admission sources, device expectations, and progressive-care floating. The statewide figures establish scale, but a facility's staffed beds, specialty coverage, and reporting conventions define the role.

    Pennsylvania reports intensive care and mixed ICU/CCU separately; totals may not add because of missing data, and occupancy rates are unadjusted.
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    Pennsylvania ICU Travel Jobs, Answered

    I'm single-state. What do I do about a Pennsylvania ICU job?
    You'll apply to Pennsylvania by endorsement, same as before. The commonwealth fully joined the compact in July 2025, but that only helps if your license says multistate and you live in a compact state. Single-state holders still file. It's a recent enough change that plenty of advice out there gets it backwards, so check the date.
    What do Pennsylvania ICU jobs require?
    You'll need BLS and ACLS. CCRN is preferred rather than required. Most jobs want a recent year or two of critical care. Pennsylvania hospitals reported about 1,532 staffed mixed ICU and CCU beds in 2024, handling nearly 59,000 admissions between them, so there's steady work at a lot of different unit sizes.
    Why does ICU pay differ across Pennsylvania?
    Philadelphia and Pittsburgh sit at opposite ends of the state and behave like separate markets, with a long stretch of smaller hospitals in between that have far fewer nurses nearby. That's what moves the number, along with shift and how long the job's been open. The chart above ranks live weekly pay by city.
    What should I have ready to apply for Pennsylvania ICU jobs?
    Your license class confirmed in Nursys, BLS and ACLS current, a critical care skills checklist, two recent references, and immunizations documented. Every hospital runs screens on its own timeline. Get the file done first so you're applying the day you see something rather than assembling paperwork afterward.
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