Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Sacramento, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 10/18/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel RN – ICU | Job Details
Specialty: ICU RN
Care Setting: Acute Care
Guaranteed Hours: 13 /week
Shift: 12-hour Nights
Weekend: Every other weekend (EOW)
Start Dates:11/10 or 11/17 only
Unit Details
- 12-bed Medical/Surgical ICU
- Patient ratio: 1:1–2
- EMR: Cerner
- Scrubs: Navy
- Undershirts: navy, white, or black
- Scrub jacket optional; must be navy
- Telemetry: Required — must read and interpret EKG strips
- Ventilators: Yes
- Hospitalist/Intensivist: In-house
- RT: 24/7
- Pharmacy: 24/7
Required Certifications
Experience / Clinical Requirements
Experience with Medical/Surgical ICU patients, including:
- NSTEMI
- CVA
- Multi-organ failure
- Sepsis
- Respiratory failure
- Post-operative complications
- Ventilated patients
- TEE and bronchoscopy bedside procedures
- Comfort-care patients
Scheduling
- 12-hour nights
- EOW
- Minimum 4 weekend shifts per 4-week period
- Self-scheduling, subject to manager approval/balancing
- Schedule released approximately 4 weeks at a time
- Block scheduling generally not available
- OT and extra shifts available
- Mid-shift floating is rare but possible
- May float to other Sacramento facilities
- First-to-float requirement
Orientation
- 1–2 days of unit-specific orientation with a preceptor
Submission Requirements
- Active RN license required at submission
- 2 supervisor references required at submission
- 1 reference within the past 12 months
- 1 reference within the past 3 years
- Charge RN references are accepted
- Driver's license required at submission to validate legal name
- Pulse profile must exactly match the government-issued ID name
- No middle initial or middle name on Pulse
Dysrhythmia Exam – Important
Before acceptance, the UNA Basic Dysrhythmia (DYS) Exam is required.
- Must be completed within 24–48 hours
- Pass/fail
- 2 attempts allowed
- Test A first; Test B for the retake
- Screenshot showing number of attempts required
- A Relias Basic Dysrhythmia exam completed within the last 12 months may be accepted
- Failure of the second attempt results in DNU for CommonSpirit AZ and Sacramento facilities
Holidays
Travelers are expected to work 2 of the 3 major holidays:
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
- New Year's
About Care Career
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With travel nursing jobs across the country, you can discover the possibilities that create the lifestyle and financial position that you have dreamed of.
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits