Travel

ICU

Los Angeles, CA

ICU Float Pool RN — Los Angeles, CA

Days | 4x12 | 07:00–19:30 | 13-Week Contract

This float pool position is based in a high-acuity adult ICU and requires the flexibility to float across multiple critical care and stepdown units, including med/surg, telemetry, PCU, overflow, and PACU as census demands.

Unit Scope

The float cluster spans several specialized ICU units managing:

  • Neurological ICU patients
  • Respiratory failure, ventilator-dependent patients, and hemodynamic instability
  • Acute myocardial infarction with complications
  • GI/GU bleeds, environmental injuries, shock states, and massive transfusion
  • Solid organ transplant patients (liver, kidney, pancreas, heart/lung)

Required Skills & Experience

  • Minimum 2 years of ICU experience (from a comparable large-facility environment)
  • Swan-Ganz/Pulmonary Artery line management is a hard requirement — candidates without this experience will not be considered
  • Arterial line management, central line care, ventilator management
  • Continuous IV sedation and vasoactive/cardiac drip titration
  • BiPAP/CPAP, high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC), ICP monitoring
  • ABG interpretation, dysrhythmia interpretation and management
  • EVD experience and CRRT preferred; transplant experience preferred

Certifications & Licensure

  • Active California RN license required at time of submission (no pending or temporary licenses)
  • ACLS, BLS, NIHSS required; CCRN preferred
  • EKG exam administered at orientation — must pass to proceed

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 in first two weeks
  • Flu vaccine required; no exemptions accepted
  • First-time travelers considered with qualifying experience