ICU

ICU Float Pool – Registered Nurse | Los Angeles, CA

Nights | 4x12-Hour Shifts (19:00–07:30) | 15-Week Contract

This ICU Float Pool position places you across high-acuity adult and geriatric critical care units, with potential float to stepdown, med-surg/tele, overflow, and PACU as census demands. The ICU cluster includes units focused on neurological care, respiratory failure and ventilator support, hemodynamic instability, acute cardiac events, GI/GU emergencies, shock states, massive transfusion, and solid organ transplant (liver, kidney, pancreas, heart/lung).

Clinical Skills Required:

• Pulmonary artery line / Swan Ganz monitoring — mandatory; assessed at interview
• Arterial line and central line management
• Ventilator management and care of the intubated patient
• Titration of vasoactive and cardiac drips; continuous IV sedation and paralytics
• BiPAP/CPAP and high-flow nasal cannula management
• ABG interpretation, dysrhythmia identification and management
• 12-lead EKG acquisition — EKG exam administered on first day of orientation; must pass
• CRRT and EVD experience preferred; transplant experience preferred

Requirements:

• Active, permanent California RN license (no pending or temporary licenses)
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience, gained at a comparable-sized facility
• Certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
• Flu vaccine required — no exemptions
• First-time travelers considered with qualifying experience
• 2 supervisory references (within past 12 months) required at submission

Schedule & Expectations:

• 36 or 48 hours per week available
• Weekend shifts required (minimum 6 per 6-week period)
• Must work 3 of 5 holidays
• No scheduling requests accommodated; no RTO within first 2 weeks
• Floating is a core expectation of this role