Travel ICU Float Pool RN - $3,347 per week

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

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: CVICU
• 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 ICU RN with recent ECMO experience and a CA RN license for a float pool position at an academic medical center in San Francisco.

Details

• Float pool position covering ICUs, TCUs, ED, and PACU across the health system, not unit-based
• CVICU/CTICU/CCU setting caring for complex critical care and cardiovascular patients
• 12-hour Day/Night rotating shifts (7:00-19:30 or 19:00-7:30), 3x12 per week
• Schedule cycles run 4 weeks and may alternate between day and night shifts based on need
• Patient ratio of 1:2
• Required to float to other facilities and departments within the health system, including a 75+ mile radius
• Uses Epic EMR (experience preferred)
• Cares for patients requiring ECMO, IABP, Impella, LVAD, CRRT, and Pulmonary Artery Catheters

Requirements

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

Additional Information

• Provide advanced critical care to complex cardiovascular, transplant, and multi-organ support patients within an ICC care model
• May be reassigned to different departments, units, or facilities at any time during the assignment based on qualifications and need
• All employment history with any University of California medical facility or its acquired facilities must be disclosed for rehire eligibility review
• All requested RTO must be submitted at time of offer and approved by the manager; no additional RTO requests will be accepted mid-contract, and RTO cannot fall within the first two weeks of the assignment
• Local candidates are accepted at the same pay rate as travelers
• Travel pairs are permitted but generally will not be placed on the same unit; married couples may not work on the same unit
• Non-billable training modules must be completed prior to start and annually

American Traveler Job ID #P-740657. 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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