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ICU Travel Nurse Jobs in Oklahoma

Search ICU RN travel jobs in Oklahoma, comparing Oklahoma City and Tulsa tertiary units with regional hospitals on shift and pay.

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    Evaluate Oklahoma ICU Work Through Escalation and Transfer

    Transfer distance is part of the clinical context for Oklahoma critical-care work. ICU travel nurse jobs in Oklahoma include tertiary services in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, regional hospitals, and smaller facilities serving rural, tribal, and frontier communities. A referral-center assignment may expect recent cardiac, neuro, trauma, surgical, or mechanical-support experience. A regional mixed ICU may require broad medical-surgical competence and early coordination with ground or air transport. Review the unit's staffed capacity, intensivist model, ventilator and vasoactive-drip expectations, tele-ICU support, and progressive-care floating. Ask how the hospital manages escalation when weather, distance, or receiving-bed availability delays transfer. Compact eligibility can support readiness for qualified nurses, but referral geography and available backup define the role.

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    Oklahoma Packages With Transfer Context

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    Use assignment-level terms for the decision: exact ICU, support model, hours, pay, cancellations, orientation and license clearance.

    8 ICU contracts are open in Oklahoma right now, with +1 added in the last 7 days and 1 already filled. Open postings have been live about 24 days on average.

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    Open ICU jobs
    24 days
    Median time active
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    Added last 7 days
    76 hospitals
    General medical-surgical hospitals in Oklahoma directory, July 2026
    Why demand stays strong
    11,995 beds
    Licensed beds across 76 Oklahoma general hospitals, July 2026
    52 reporters
    Oklahoma critical-care CLABSI reporters, 2024 (CDC)
    38,270
    Registered nurses employed in Oklahoma (BLS OEWS, May 2025; all RNs)

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

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    Oklahoma Tertiary Hubs and Frontier Coverage

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    Search Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Lawton, Enid, and regional Oklahoma for Oklahoma roles without treating location as proof of resources or demand. Confirm unit type, patient mix, devices, transfers, after-hours support, schedule, floating and the contract.

    Highest weekly pay · ICU
    Oklahoma City
    $2,320
    Edmond
    $2,297
    Tulsa
    $2,155
    Lawton
    $2,087
    Ardmore
    $1,854
    Ponca City
    $1,845

    For Oklahoma, document transfer responsibilities and after-hours resources before ranking offers. Then compare shift, floating, orientation, license status, guaranteed hours and cancellations.

    Weekly pay reflects current open Advantis contracts — marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage.
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    Oklahoma ICU Capacity and Device Safety

    Oklahoma's current hospital directory and critical-care surveillance provide two different views of assignment context. The 2024 CDC workbook gives Oklahoma a critical-care CLABSI SIR of 0.573; it lists a 1.233 SIR for ventilator-associated events in critical-care locations. The line-infection result was below the risk-adjusted prediction, while the ventilator result was above it. Neither measure identifies staffing, ranks facilities, or predicts one unit's performance. Oklahoma City and Tulsa referral systems may divide cardiac, neuro, trauma, surgical, and medical populations among specialty ICUs. Regional hospitals can manage broader diagnoses and coordinate longer transfer routes. The directory-based KPIs describe the licensed general medical-surgical network, not staffed ICU beds. Ask who owns ventilator review, central-line necessity, infection-prevention escalation, and progressive-care floating. Also confirm how weather, transport availability, and receiving-bed delays affect patient movement.

    The 11,995-bed KPI is the sum of licensed-bed entries for 76 general medical-surgical hospitals in the directory effective July 8, 2026.

    Tertiary Services, Tele-ICU, and Frontier Stabilization

    Travelers may work in specialty referral units or mixed hospitals where broad competence, tele-support, and early transport coordination shape the assignment.

    OU Health - Edmond Medical Center

    90 beds · Edmond, OK

    Hiring now Cath Lab ER Operating Room Psych

    In Edmond, OK, a 90-bed medical center offering cardiac catheterization and robotic surgery, with teaching-hospital status.

    University of Oklahoma Medical Center Level I Trauma

    500 beds · Oklahoma City, OK

    Hiring now ICU ER Operating Room PCU Stepdown

    An academic medical center in Oklahoma City, OK, with Level I trauma care, comprehensive stroke care, and an NCI-designated cancer program.

    Saint Francis Health System- Tulsa Level I Trauma

    1,112 beds · Tulsa, OK

    Hiring now ICU ER Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Tulsa, OK's 1,112-bed Saint Francis Health System, a Level I trauma center with a comprehensive stroke center.

    Oklahoma State University Medical Center Teaching

    195 beds · Tulsa, OK

    Hiring now ICU ER Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    One of the nation's largest osteopathic teaching hospitals, OSU Medical Center in Tulsa is a Level III trauma center with maternity services.

    Mercy Hospital - Oklahoma City Level III Trauma

    380 beds · Oklahoma City, OK

    Hiring now ICU ER Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    A 380-bed Oklahoma City hospital, Mercy combines a comprehensive stroke center with a Level III NICU and robotic surgery.

    Oklahoma transfers and after-hours support

    Oklahoma ICU Travel Contracts

    How soon can I start an ICU job in Oklahoma?
    If your compact license checks out, as soon as the hospital finishes credentialing. Oklahoma's a member, so the state board adds nothing to your timeline. If you're single-state, or you live outside the compact, you'll apply to Oklahoma first and that runs on the board's clock. Start that early rather than after you accept something.
    What do Oklahoma ICU jobs require?
    You'll need BLS and ACLS. CCRN is preferred, not required. Most jobs want a recent year or two of critical care. Oklahoma's directory lists 76 general hospitals with just under 12,000 licensed beds between them, so the units range from big-city to very small. The hospital decides the list, not the state.
    What lifts one Oklahoma ICU rate above another?
    How many nurses live near it, the shift, and how long the job's been sitting. About 38,270 RNs work in Oklahoma, and most of them are around Oklahoma City and Tulsa, so a unit outside those two is competing for a much smaller group. You can see live weekly pay for each Oklahoma city ranked in the chart above.
    What should I have ready to apply for Oklahoma ICU jobs?
    License verified, current BLS and ACLS, your critical care checklist done, two recent references, and immunizations on hand. Every hospital handles screens differently, so there's no one timeline. Having it all ready is what lets you apply the same day instead of a week later, and a week is often the whole difference.
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