Travel ICU Float Pool RN - $2,508 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Critical Care Float for a travel nursing job in San Francisco, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Critical Care Float
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/27/2026
• Duration: 25 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, rotating
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Rotating, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Oct 27, 2026
• Length: 25 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU Registered Nurse for a float pool position at a teaching hospital, requiring CA RN licensure and prior travel experience.

Details

• Float pool ICU position with no fixed unit assignment
• Floats to Trauma/Critical Care Units, ICUs, ED, and PACU as needed
• May be reassigned to other departments, units, or facilities within a 75+ mile radius
• Day (3x12, 7:00-19:30) or Night (3x12, 19:00-7:30) rotating shifts
• Shift schedule may switch between day and night each 4-week cycle depending on need
• 1:2 patient ratio
• Epic charting system used

Requirements

• Active CA RN license required at time of submission
• BSN required
• AHA BLS and ACLS certifications required
• NIHSS certification preferred
• Minimum 4 years of recent ICU experience within the last 6 months to 1 year
• Teaching hospital experience required
• Trauma Level II experience required
• Prior travel assignment completed within the past 12 months required
• Skilled in IV therapy, arterial line management, central and PICC line care, blood product administration, and TPN/lipid administration
• Experience with ventilator management, ABG interpretation, and respiratory failure care
• Experience managing cardiac drips, dysrhythmias, and 12-lead EKG interpretation
• 2 professional references from most recent employer required for consideration

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care across multiple ICU and critical care settings within a large academic medical system
• Care for complex ICU patients requiring advanced monitoring and interventions such as CRRT, ECMO, IABP, or EVD management depending on unit assignment
• All RTO must be disclosed and approved at time of offer; no additional requests accepted mid-contract
• RTO not permitted within the first two weeks of the assignment
• Local candidates accepted at the same pay rate as travelers
• Any prior employment with University of California medical facilities must be disclosed for rehire eligibility review
• Travel pairs allowed but generally not placed on the same unit; married couples may not work the same unit

American Traveler Job ID #P-755110. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - ICU

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