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ICU Travel Nurse Jobs in Texas

Compare ICU RN travel jobs in Texas, from Houston transplant programs to Dallas and San Antonio units, on unit type, shift, and pay.

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    Match Texas ICU Contracts to the Referral Role

    Referral role changes the meaning of an ICU contract across Texas. Travel ICU nurse jobs in Texas include medical, surgical, cardiac, neuro, trauma, and mixed units in Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, and Lubbock, along with regional hospitals covering wide service areas. A large teaching center may expect recent experience with specialized devices, postoperative pathways, and frequent admissions from the OR or ED. A community assignment may combine broader diagnoses with transfer coordination and fewer services after hours. Before accepting, clarify the ICU subtype, common drips and devices, patient-age range, step-down floating, charge expectations, and whether travelers receive the same high-acuity assignments as core staff. Texas offers scale, but clinical fit comes from the specific unit and referral network.

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    Texas Compensation Across Distinct Unit Types

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    Read the weekly package beside shift, weekends, devices, float destinations and the license path that applies to you.

    33 ICU contracts are open in Texas right now, with +11 added in the last 7 days and 5 already filled. Open postings have been live about 11 days on average.

    33
    Open ICU jobs
    11 days
    Median time active
    +11
    Added last 7 days
    0.624
    Texas critical-care CLABSI standardized infection ratio, 2024 (CDC)
    Why demand stays strong
    1.199
    Texas critical-care VAE standardized infection ratio, 2024 (CDC)
    16.4%
    RN vacancy among 217 responding Texas hospitals, 2024 (DSHS)
    8,575 FTEs
    Vacant RN FTEs across 217 responding Texas hospitals, 2024 (DSHS)

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

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    Texas Referral Markets in the job listings

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    Use Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, and regional Texas to broaden a Texas search. A city label does not establish acuity, devices, support or compensation, so read the individual role for the ICU service, schedule, transfer duties, weekly terms and floating.

    Highest weekly pay · ICU
    Odessa
    $2,901
    San Angelo
    $2,605
    Tyler
    $2,287
    Dallas
    $2,277
    Athens
    $2,172
    Abilene
    $1,980
    Wichita Falls
    $1,980
    Corpus Christi
    $1,972

    A Texas offer is ready for comparison only when compact eligibility, unit scope, required devices, transfer duties, schedule, guaranteed hours and cancellations describe the same assignment.

    Weekly pay reflects current open Advantis contracts — marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage.
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    Texas Critical-Care Hiring Timelines

    A 2024 state hospital study provides specialty-level evidence about critical-care recruitment in Texas. Among 136 responding hospitals, 22.1% said adult ICU or critical-care positions took 91 days or more to fill. For pediatric critical care, 21.3% of 47 responding hospitals reported the same 91-day-or-longer timeline. These are survey findings, not a count of open travel jobs or proof that every Texas ICU faces the same shortage. They do show why recent unit-specific experience can matter in screening. Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth offer deep subspecialty systems, while regional hospitals may recruit for broader mixed-unit capability. Travelers should separate adult from pediatric experience, confirm the ICU service line, and ask which ventilators, vasoactive drips, mechanical-support devices, and floating expectations are part of the assignment.

    The 136 adult and 47 pediatric response counts apply to specialty fill-time questions; the 217-hospital KPI reflects the broader RN vacancy dataset. These are self-reported survey results, not statewide ICU-nurse shortage estimates.

    Subspecialty Systems and Wide-Area Hospitals

    Texas contracts span deep subspecialty programs and hospitals covering wide service areas, so the facility's referral role should shape every interview question.

    Ascension Seton - Williamson Magnet

    181 beds · Round Rock, TX

    Hiring now ER Oncology Operating Room

    A 181-bed hospital in Round Rock, TX, known for Level II trauma care and structural heart care.

    Methodist Hospital USN #9 TX '26

    1,536 beds · San Antonio, TX

    Hiring now ICU ER Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    The only heart-transplant program in San Antonio, this 1,536-bed Methodist hospital ranks #1 in the city by U.S. News.

    Medical City - Plano Magnet

    603 beds · Plano, TX

    Hiring now ICU ER Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    A Magnet-recognized, 603-bed hospital in Plano, with Level I trauma care, comprehensive stroke care, and a verified burn center.

    Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital Level IV Trauma

    217 beds · San Antonio, TX

    Hiring now ICU ER Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Home to the nation's largest living-donor kidney transplant program, this San Antonio hospital handles kidney, liver, heart, and lung transplants.

    Medical City - Arlington Level II Trauma

    493 beds · Arlington, TX

    Hiring now ICU ER Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Arlington's Medical City campus, a Level II trauma center with comprehensive stroke care and maternity services.

    Kindred Hospital - Dallas

    54 beds · Dallas, TX

    Hiring now ICU Inpatient Rehab Pulmonary Wound Care

    Kindred's Dallas long-term acute care hospital handles the slow, complicated recoveries, ventilator weaning and serious wounds that outlast a standard hospital stay.

    Texas compact, device and contract questions

    Texas ICU Travel Jobs, Answered

    How long before I can start an ICU contract in Texas?
    With a multistate or compact license, there is no state licensing wait at all. Texas honors the compact privilege, so facility credentialing sets your timeline rather than the state board. With a single-state license, or a home address outside the compact, Texas endorsement comes first and adds real calendar time. Apply for it before you compare start dates. That order saves weeks.
    What do Texas hospitals want on an ICU submission?
    BLS and ACLS are assumed. CCRN is preferred rather than required, and it reads well at the larger academic and trauma centers. Expect most postings to ask for one to two years of recent critical care. Some units add NIHSS or a specific EMR. Have the certs current and in hand before day one, not after.
    What makes one Texas ICU contract pay more than another?
    Location relative to the local nursing supply does most of the work, along with shift and how long the opening has gone unfilled. A facility that has been searching for six weeks prices differently than one that posted yesterday. What sits behind any single rate varies by facility and unit, so your recruiter is the one to confirm it. The chart here ranks current weekly pay by Texas city.
    How quickly do Texas ICU openings fill?
    Faster than most states, because the volume is large and travelers know it. Texas hospitals reported thousands of vacant RN FTEs in the 2024 DSHS survey, and critical care is a consistent piece of that. Practically, that means a strong posting can close within days. Keep your compliance file current so submission is a same-day action, not a scramble.
    What should I have ready before applying to Texas ICU jobs?
    License status confirmed in Nursys, current BLS and ACLS cards, a completed critical care skills checklist, two recent references, and your immunization and TB records. Facilities differ on drug screens and background timing. The file is what gets you submitted quickly; the rest is scheduling. Missing one document is the most common reason a good start date slips.
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