What are the responsibilities and job description for the Travel RN - ICU position at American Traveler?
Assignment Overview
- Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
- Hours: 36 hrs/wk
- Start Date: Sep 14, 2026
- Length: 13 weeks
- Openings: 4
Description
American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a Level I Trauma hospital position requiring CA RN license, ICU specialty experience, and weekend/holiday availability.
Details
- Work in the ICU of a Level I Trauma hospital setting
- Patient population includes Medical, Neuro, Surgical, and Trauma ICU cases
- Patient ratio of 1:2
- Day shift schedule, 3x12 hours from 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
- Schedule runs Sunday through Saturday
- Required to work 4 weekend shifts within a 4-week cycle
- Required to work at least one holiday, including the holiday weekend
- May be required to float down or across the organization to like units or lower acuity units (excluding the ED) across 5 hospitals in the San Diego area
- Uses Epic charting system
Requirements
- Active CA RN license in hand at time of consideration (Temp or Perm, no EMSA)
- Current certifications: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS (TNCC preferred)
- Minimum 2 years of ICU-specific experience, with experience within the past year in an ICU setting
- 1.5 years of continuous specialty experience required
- Level I Trauma experience required
- Teaching hospital and community hospital experience preferred
- Epic charting experience required within the last 6 months of work history
- 1 year total travel experience required, with 6 months of continuous travel experience immediately preceding consideration
- 1 supervisory-level reference required
- Skills required include IV therapy, arterial line management, central line care, ventilator management, ABG interpretation, cardiac drip titration, CVA/stroke management, and cardiac monitoring/dysrhythmia management
Additional Information
- Provide critical care nursing services to ICU patients including ventilator management, hemodynamic monitoring, and administration of vasoactive and sedative medications
- Candidates must not reside within 100 miles of the facility to be eligible, except for LVNs/MAs
- Candidates on assignment in San Diego for 9 months or more are considered local and are not eligible
- Maximum RTO of 7 days permitted, with no new RTO requests after consideration
- Prior employees have a 1 year waiting period before returning to the health system
- Extensions are capped at 1 year, followed by a 1 year waiting period before returning
- International travelers must have at least 1 year of recent or current U.S. work experience
- Hard start date required for either 8/24 or 9/14