Travel ICU Float Pool RN - $3,347 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: 09/01/2026
• 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: Sep 1, 2026
• Length: 25 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for an ICU Float Pool position requiring a CA RN license, BSN, and recent hands-on ECMO experience at bedside.

Details

• Float pool position covering CVICU, CTICU, CCU, TCUs, ICUs, ED, and PACU as needed
• Cares for complex critical care patients including those on ECMO, IABP, Impella, LVAD, and CRRT
• Patient ratio of 1:2
• 12-hour Day/Night rotating shifts (7:00-19:30 or 19:00-7:30)
• Schedule may rotate between day and night shifts on a 4-week cycle basis
• Required to float to other UCSF facilities and departments, including within a 75+ mile radius
• Epic charting system preferred

Requirements

• Active CA RN license required
• BSN required
• AHA BLS and ACLS certifications required
• NIHSS certification preferred
• Minimum 4 years recent ICU experience required
• Recent travel nursing experience within the past 12 months and 1 year or less of travel experience in the past 5 years required
• ECMO experience within the last 6 months to 1 year required as a bedside RN
• Experience managing ECMO patients without dedicated bedside perfusion support required
• CVICU/CTICU/CCU experience required
• Trauma Level II experience required
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Ability to independently manage complex critical care patients
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Experience with VA ECMO, VV ECMO, V-PA ECMO, CRRT (NxStage), IABP (Teleflex), Impella, and ventricular assist devices strongly preferred
• Experience with heart/lung transplant recovery, cardiothoracic surgery recovery, and cardiogenic shock strongly preferred
• Academic medical center experience highly desirable
• Experience simultaneously managing multiple support devices (e.g. ECMO + CRRT, ECMO + Impella, ECMO + IABP) highly desirable
• Two references from most recent employer required for consideration

Additional Information

• Provide advanced critical care to patients requiring mechanical circulatory support and multi-organ support therapies
• Assessed based on ability to function within the ICC care model, considering ECMO experience as one component of a broader cardiovascular and transplant critical care skill set
• Any prior employment with University of California medical facilities or their acquired facilities must be disclosed with employment history, including dates worked, units, and manager names for rehire eligibility review
• All requested time off (RTO) must be disclosed at time of offer and approved by the manager; no additional RTO requests accepted mid-contract
• RTO cannot fall within the first two weeks of the assignment
• Local candidates accepted at the same pay rate as travel candidates
• Travel pairs allowed but generally not placed on the same unit; married couples may not work on the same unit

American Traveler Job ID #P-740666. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - ICU

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