Travel RN - ICU

Travel RN - ICU

American Traveler

Merced, California, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Days

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-10-26

$2,722.84/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an ICU RN for a 13-week acute care assignment requiring 2+ years ICU experience, ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications.

Details

20-bed ICU in an acute care hospital setting

Patient ratio of 1:2

Uses Cerner EMR

12-hour night shifts on a 7a/7p schedule

2 weekends required per 4-week period

Holiday coverage as needed per unit requirements

Floating required to Med-Surg Tele and Tele floors, with travelers floated first

May be deployed to the ED to care for boarded ICU patients or placed on standby with a 30-minute response time

Standby without being called in counts as a cancellation under the facility's policy

Floor-specific orientation includes 2 shifts in ICU and 1 shift on an outside unit

No block scheduling or scheduling accommodations for outside commitments

Requirements

Active CA RN license required

Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required

CCRN and basic critical care course preferred

Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required

Strong IV skills required

Comfortable managing ventilated patients and applying the ABCDE bundle

Must be able to independently read and interpret telemetry strips

Experience with sepsis, DKA, COPD, GI bleeds, and post-surgical ICU recovery patients

Comfortable administering sedation medications such as Versed, Propofol, and norepinephrine

Additional Information

Charge nurse on each shift serves as a resource for the entire hospital and does not carry a patient assignment

Respiratory therapy manages ventilators and is available 24/7, as is pharmacy

In-house internal medicine coverage is available 24/7, with pulmonology providing intensivist-level support outside of 24/7 hours

Facility is not currently a STEMI center and does not treat neuro cases

Navy scrub color required

Candidates should be comfortable floating to other units and taking a full patient load

Located near Yosemite National Park and several lakes, with San Francisco and Sacramento roughly 2 hours away

First-time travelers may be considered