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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in Des Moines for RNs

Find Top RN Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in Des Moines, Iowa

AMN Healthcare can help you find the top PICU travel nurse jobs in and around Des Moines, Iowa. We have new jobs updating daily, so be sure to Apply Now so our specialists can make sure you get first crack. We make it easy for you to compare Des Moines’s PICU nursing jobs by allowing you to filter based on salary, shift type, location or duration to find the right job for you.

Des Moines is a great location for PICU travel nurses to come live, work and play! And what is a travel nurse looking for if not a great work/life balance in a fun city? Search for jobs below or apply now and our AMN Healthcare team will help get you started!

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Search Top Paying Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Jobs in or near Des Moines

We have 36 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit jobs total Nationwide. If you’re not finding what you’re looking for immediately, sign up for the AMN Passport App today and we’ll connect you directly with a recruiter.

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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Lenexa, Kansas – 66215
    Distance from Des Moines: 192 miles
  • 12 D,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 13
$1,680 to $1,852
Weekly Pay*
350 bed Level 2 Trauma center. Comprehensive pediatric services offered: “Kids Express” pediatric emergency rooms, a level-III NICU, dedicated child life specialists, pediatric outpatient services. Located in a suburb just south of Kansas City. Local attractions include the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, Museum at Prairiefire, Indian Creek Greenway, and numerous other museums and theaters.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Lenexa, Kansas – 66215
    Distance from Des Moines: 192 miles
  • 12 N,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 13
$1,680 to $1,852
Weekly Pay*
350 bed Level 2 Trauma center Facility is located in a suburb just south of Kansas City. Local attractions include the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, Museum at Prairiefire, Indian Creek Greenway, and numerous other museums and theaters.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Springfield, Illinois – 62769
    Distance from Des Moines: 242 miles
  • 12 N,
  • April 14, 2025
  • 13
$2,569 to $2,831
Weekly Pay*
As part of HSHS, you’ll join a team that is focused on improving, excelling and building a better tomorrow. Whether it is a clinical, technical or professional career, this is your chance to launch a rewarding career.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Wichita, Kansas – 67214
    Distance from Des Moines: 335 miles
  • 12 N,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 13
$1,802 to $1,986
Weekly Pay*
15 bed Pediatric Intensive Care unit (PICU), based in exciting Wichita is looking for the right RN to join their team. 700+ bed teaching hospital; We recently  completed a $36 million renovation of our Women’s Hospital,  another reason we’re known as the region’s “Baby Hospital”. Expect the unexpected with big-city amenities and Midwestern cost of living!  Themed gardens at Botanica Wichita include a wildflower meadow and a Chinese garden. The Museum of World Treasures has Egyptian mummies and a T. rex skeleton.  In Wichita  you can dine at more than 1,000 restaurants or browse eclectic shops, antique stores, and open-air shopping centers.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Wichita, Kansas – 67214
    Distance from Des Moines: 335 miles
  • 12 D,
  • March 30, 2025
  • 13
$1,467 to $1,616
Weekly Pay*
15 bed Pediatric Intensive Care unit (PICU), based in exciting Wichita is looking for the right RN to join their team. 500+ bed teaching hospital; Level 1 Adult Trauma center, Level 2 Pediatric Trauma center Expect the unexpected with big-city amenities and Midwestern cost of living!  Themed gardens at Botanica Wichita include a wildflower meadow and a Chinese garden. The Museum of World Treasures has Egyptian mummies and a T. rex skeleton.  In Wichita  you can dine at more than 1,000 restaurants or browse eclectic shops, antique stores, and open-air shopping centers.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – 73104
    Distance from Des Moines: 473 miles
  • 12 D,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 12
$2,284 to $2,517
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU). 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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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – 73104
    Distance from Des Moines: 473 miles
  • 12 D,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 12
$2,284 to $2,517
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU). 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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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Cleveland, Ohio – 44106
    Distance from Des Moines: 616 miles
  • 12 D,
  • April 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,787 to $1,970
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Cleveland, Ohio – 44106
    Distance from Des Moines: 616 miles
  • 12 D,
  • April 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,642 to $1,809
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Alexandria, Louisiana – 71301
    Distance from Des Moines: 714 miles
  • 12 N,
  • March 31, 2025
  • 13
$1,542 to $1,700
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right individual to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Alexandria, Louisiana – 71301
    Distance from Des Moines: 714 miles
  • 12 N,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 13
$1,542 to $1,700
Weekly Pay*
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at 300+ bed Level 2 Trauma center & certified Stroke center. Central LA, about 2 hours each to Baton Rouge or Shreveport
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Charlotte, North Carolina – 28203
    Distance from Des Moines: 818 miles
  • 12 D,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 12
$1,415 to $1,560
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). 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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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Houston, Texas – 77054
    Distance from Des Moines: 824 miles
  • 12 D,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 13
$1,349 to $1,486
Weekly Pay*
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. 397 licensed bed facility; Rooms have modern amenities, state of the art monitoring equipment and facility wide Wi-Fi for a wonderful patient experience.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • San Antonio, Texas – 78229
    Distance from Des Moines: 885 miles
  • 12 N,
  • March 31, 2025
  • 13
$1,301 to $1,434
Weekly Pay*
Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care (Pedi CVICU) RN needed for198 bed facility. 24 bed unit with 1:1-3 staffing. Colorful images and artwork enhance the walls to create a welcoming, child-focused environment with play rooms on every floor. Hospital offers valet parking, a 32 bed Pediatric Emergency room, 17 bed Pediatric ICU, Level 4 Neonatal ICU, pediatric operating suites, and special outpatient clinics for children with complex illnesses.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Syracuse, New York – 13210
    Distance from Des Moines: 896 miles
  • 12 N,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 13
$2,428 to $2,676
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). 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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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Wilmington, Delaware – 19803
    Distance from Des Moines: 953 miles
  • 12 D, 12 N,
  • May 5, 2025
  • 13
$2,989 to $3,294
Weekly Pay*
From our park-like campus and free parking, to private patient rooms and kid-approved play areas, our children’s hospital in Wilmington, Del., is like no other in the region. Acclaimed Care for Kids We’re considered one of the safest children’s hospitals in the country, with some of the best doctors, nurses and pediatric specialty care available. We also have Delaware’s only pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Myrtle Beach, South Carolina – 29572
    Distance from Des Moines: 971 miles
  • 12 N,
  • March 31, 2025
  • 16
$1,692 to $1,865
Weekly Pay*
Outstanding Pediatric ICU (PICU) unit, based in exciting Myrtle Beach is looking for the right new member to join their team. Number of Beds : 8 PICU, 12 Peds Patient Ratios : 2:1 PICU & 4:1 Gen Peds 300 bed Level 2 Trauma center Enjoy sunshine, fishing, crabbing, local wineries and breweries, and 60 miles of beautiful, sandy beaches
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • El Paso, Texas – 79902
    Distance from Des Moines: 984 miles
  • 12 N,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 13
$2,066 to $2,277
Weekly Pay*
Total Staffed Beds: 320 Level IV Trauma Center; Teaching Hospital Specializes in cancer care, maternity, and orthopedics. Close To El Paso Zoo! Common Diagnosis/Treatment: Respiratory distress, cardiac, Cerebral palsy , Seizures, surgeries, Bleedings, endocrinology,Surgical, Liver, Renal, Pedi-Oncology, Neurological, Trauma, septic shock, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Electrolyte Imbalances, Coagulopathy, CP/MR/ Down syndrome and Disabled patients. # of Beds: 16 Nurse to Patient Ratio: 1-2 and 1-4 Charting: Cerner Scrub Color: Areas of Float Support: Pediatrics and Nicu Special Procedures: Sedation, IVIG infusion, endocrinology infusions,
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • El Paso, Texas – 79902
    Distance from Des Moines: 984 miles
  • 12 D,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 13
$2,066 to $2,277
Weekly Pay*
Total Staffed Beds: 320 Level IV Trauma Center; Teaching Hospital Specializes in cancer care, maternity, and orthopedics. Close To El Paso Zoo! Common Diagnosis/Treatment: Respiratory distress, cardiac, Cerebral palsy , Seizures, surgeries, Bleedings, endocrinology,Surgical, Liver, Renal, Pedi-Oncology, Neurological, Trauma, septic shock, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Electrolyte Imbalances, Coagulopathy, CP/MR/ Down syndrome and Disabled patients. # of Beds: 16 Nurse to Patient Ratio: 1-2 and 1-4 Charting: Cerner Scrub Color: Areas of Float Support: Pediatrics and Nicu Special Procedures: Sedation, IVIG infusion, endocrinology infusions,
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Lebanon, New Hampshire – 03756
    Distance from Des Moines: 1,092 miles
  • 12 N,
  • March 17, 2025
  • 12
$1,371 to $1,510
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). 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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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Orlando, Florida – 32827
    Distance from Des Moines: 1,134 miles
  • 12 D,
  • April 7, 2025
  • 13
$2,514 to $2,771
Weekly Pay*
Our hospital in Orlando brings pediatric specialty care never before offered in Central Florida. Our hospital even includes the area’s only 24-hour Emergency Department designed just for kids. Many of our board-certified specialists have come from top hospitals around the country because they share our desire to create a pediatric health care facility that empowers patients and their caregivers. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Harrison, Maine – 04040
    Distance from Des Moines: 1,170 miles
  • 8 D, 10 D, 12 D, 8 N, 10 N, 12 N,
  • March 24, 2025
  • 9
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As a valued member of this nursing team, you will care for patients with a wide range of conditions including complex cases.
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Los Angeles, California – 90027
    Distance from Des Moines: 1,436 miles
  • 12 N,
  • March 31, 2025
  • 13
$3,095 to $3,411
Weekly Pay*
Top 10 Diagnosis/Procedures: Surgical unit that cares for patients pre-operatively and immediately post-operatively from cardiac surgery. Approximately 60% of patients are neonates but care for patients until adulthood. In addition care for patient waiting for
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Registered Nurse – Pediatric Intensive Care – PICU
  • Los Angeles, California – 90027
    Distance from Des Moines: 1,436 miles
  • 12 N,
  • March 31, 2025
  • 13
$2,971 to $3,274
Weekly Pay*
PICU unit is in new hospital building and has 24 beds
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Statistics on PICU RN Jobs in Des Moines, Iowa

Here are some helpful statistics about PICU traveling nurse jobs in & near Des Moines. The data is based on the last three complete months of PICU job postings in the Des Moines and nearby areas. It is updated regularly, so you can find the most recent Pediatric Intensive Care Unit job salary trends, the types of shifts, and contract durations most commonly available in Des Moines and more. Find out more about travel nursing salaries.

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FAQs About Travel PICU Nursing Jobs for RNs in Des Moines, IA

What types of shifts are most common for PICU travel jobs in Des Moines?

Based on the last 6 months of travel nurse jobs data, 12 Hour Night shifts were the most common in Des Moines and surrounding areas.

How much does a day shift Pediatric Intensive Care Unit nurse make on average in Des Moines and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Day shift Pediatric Intensive Care Unit nurse in Des Moines can make an average of $2,249 per week based on recent job availability.

How much does a night shift Pediatric Intensive Care Unit nurse make on average in Des Moines and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Night shift Pediatric Intensive Care Unit nurse in Des Moines can make an average of $2,450 per week based on recent job availability data.

What hospitals and healthcare facilities have Pediatric Intensive Care Unit staff in or near Des Moines?

  • Prairie View Family Dental in Altoona (6.4 miles from Des Moines)
  • Careington (Dialcare) – IA in Carlisle (9.8 miles from Des Moines)
  • Des Moines VA Medical Center in Des Moines (3.3 miles from Des Moines)
  • Pella Regional Health Center in Pella (38.4 miles from Des Moines)
  • Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines (1.5 miles from Des Moines)

What is the most common contract for Pediatric Intensive Care Unit travel jobs in Des Moines?

Based on recent data, the most common duration for a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit job in Des Moines is 13.

Locating Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in Des Moines

In Des Moines, facilities like Prairie View Family Dental, Careington (Dialcare) – IA and Des Moines VA Medical Center, all offer PICU departments. It’s a great city to work in and nearby to neighborhoods like neighborhoods.

Other popular cities near Des Moines’s PICU job opportunities are West Des Moines (5.5 miles), Urbandale (5.6 miles) and Clive (5.9 miles). These are near to zip codes: 50310 (3.3 miles), 50009 (6.4 miles) and 50325 (8.4 miles).

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Des Moines Hospitals With PICU Departments

There are 3 hospitals & healthcare facilities that have PICU nurses in Des Moines. Sometimes it is useful to see what types of shifts, contract durations, and travel nurse housing in nearby neighborhoods each facility might offer in order to find the right opportunity for your next traveling PICU nurse position in or nearby Des Moines.

Blank Children’s Hospital
Shifts
12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
12, 13, and 14
Departments
Emergency Room Pediatric Pediatric Emergency Room Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Address
1200 Pleasant Street
Des Moines, IA 50309

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* 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.