Critical Care Float Pool - Travel Registered Nurse - $3500 per week.

Trusted is seeking an experienced nurse for this exciting travel nursing assignment. Trusted has streamlined the travel nursing experience by enabling nurses to apply directly to jobs without the need for recruiters. This unique approach provides more transparency, eliminates pesky calls from recruiters, and puts more money in your pocket. Join the thousands of nurses across the country who have already made the switch to a more modern way to work.

Experience:

• 12 months of experience with 3 months worked in the last 12 months.

• 48 months of Critical Care Float Pool experience.

• Travel experience is required within the last 5 years.

• 3 months of Epic experience is preferred.

• Trauma Level 2 experience is required.

• BSN completion required.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a California license (required for submission).

• This role may require floating to additional units and locations

• Local & travel allowed. Candidates living <75 miles from facility will be processed as local.

• COVID vaccination required after submission. Religious and medical declinations accepted.

• COVID booster required after submission. Declinations not accepted.

• No current placement allowed at Program: Vaya Workforce Solutions - UCSF.

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

An interview may not be given prior to an offer being made.

Required Skills/Experience: Travel nursing for 1 year or less in the past 5 years. Minimum 4 years recent ICU experience. ECMO experience within the last 6 month to 1 year. Must have experience with ECMO, IABP, Impella, LVAD, CRRT, and PA catheters. Experience caring for ECMO patients as a bedside RN. Experience caring for ECMO as the primary responsibility without dedicated bedside perfusion support. Ability to independently manage complex critical care patients. CVICU/CTICU/CCU experience.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Variety in critical care experience preferred: med/surg, cardiac, neuro. Recent Float Pool, PACU, or Emergency Room experience preferred. Strongly preferred: VA ECMO, VV ECMO, V-PA ECMO, CRRT (NxStage), IABP (Teleflex), Impella, ventricular assist devices, heart failure/cardiogenic shock, pulmonary artery catheters, prostacyclin therapies, cardiothoracic surgery recovery, heart transplant recovery, lung transplant recovery, heart transplant, lung transplant, and bridge to transplant. Academic medical center experience preferred. Simultaneous management of multiple support devices (e.g. ECMO + CRRT, ECMO + Impella, ECMO + IABP) preferred. Teaching hospital experience is preferred.

Special Requests: Please submit all RTO at time of offer. RTO sent after contract is signed will not be considered. RTO time must be added back to the end of the contract. RNs only: If CA state licensure is 3 months or less from expiration, proof that the renewal process has been initiated is required to apply. You must be able to complete labs within 48 hours of signing.

Unit Details: Adult and geriatric patient population.

Shift & Scheduling: 12-hour rotating day/night shifts: 7:00-19:30 or 19:00-7:30. One 4-week schedule cycle will be either shift, but may switch to the opposite shift in another schedule cycle depending on need.

Floating Requirements: Must have the ability to float to other UCSF facilities and other UCSF departments. Float pool position, not unit based. ICU RNs float to all TCUs and ICUs, ED, and PACU. Ability to float to any UCSF campus. All travel RNs can be assigned to all UCSF sites: Parnassus, Mission Bay, or Mount Zion. RNs may float to Acute Care/Tele/TCU units with up to 3:1 assignment. All travel RNs can be assigned to ED for boarded patients or assist with tasks/PACU for boarded patients.

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW : This is an auto-offer position. You will likely not interview with the facility prior to receiving an offer. However, an interview can be arranged upon request. All time off requests must be submitted at application. Scheduling requests must be worked out with the manager directly upon starting the assignment. Any offers for this job will require a clear “Yes” or “No” response from the nurse within 24hrs or the offer must be declined.

7 days maximum time off. Facility holidays: 11/26/2026, 12/25/2026, 01/01/2027. Number of holidays allowed off: 1

1 Charge/Lead reference required from within the last 12 months

Proof of identification required

Certifications:

• BLS (Basic Life Support)

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)

• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale)

• Skills Checklist: Yes
• References: Yes
• License Type: registered
• License State: CA
• Certifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Basic Life Support, NIH Stroke Scale

Job Details

• Job Type: Travel
• Nurse/Patient: 1/2
• Shift Type: Variable
• Contract Date: 2026-09-01
• Expected Length: 25 weeks
• Hours per Shift: 12
• Shifts per Week: 3