Travel ICU RN - $2,612 per week

Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Folsom, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/26/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Travel ICU RN – Sacramento, CA

Shift: 12-hour Nights
Schedule: 7:00 PM–7:30 AM
Weekend: Every other weekend
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours/week
Contract: 91 weeks
Unit: ICU – 8 beds
EMR: Cerner

Position Overview

This is an 8-bed ICU caring for a general medical/surgical critical-care population. The unit has 1:1–1:2 ratios and travelers are the first to float.

Required Certifications

• BLS – AHA
• ACLS – AHA
• NIHSS
• 2 years ICU experience
• Active license required at submission

Patient Population

Common diagnoses include:

• Respiratory failure
• COPD
• CHF
• DKA
• Stable CVA post-TPA
• Medical/surgical critical-care patients
• Manual proning

No CABG or neurosurgery.

Clinical Skills

• Must be comfortable reading and interpreting EKG/cardiac rhythms
• Ventilator experience required
• Ventilators include Galileo and G5
• Experience with critically ill medical/surgical patients

Schedule & Floating

• 12-hour night shifts: 7:00 PM–7:30 AM
• Every other weekend
• Travelers are first to float
• May float to other Sacramento-area facilities
• Block scheduling generally not available
• Self-scheduling is used but finalized by the manager
• Extra shifts and shift trades may be available
• May be placed on call if the ICU does not need the traveler
• OT/extra shifts may be available

Unit Details

• 8 ICU beds
• Ratio: 1:1–1:2
• Charge nurse generally does not take a patient assignment but provides break relief
• No ICU nurse aides
• RT available 24/7
• Pharmacy available 24/7
• Intensivist/hospitalist is not in-house; Telemed is utilized
• Floor orientation: 1–2 shifts with a preceptor
• Bedside report

Scrubs

• Navy blue
• Undershirts: navy, white, or black
• Scrub jacket: optional, but must be navy

Important Submission Requirements

• 2 supervisory references from the modality being submitted
  • Charge RN is acceptable
  • 1 reference must be within the last 12 months
  • 1 reference must be within the last 3 years
• Copy of driver’s license required at submission to validate legal name
• Pulse profile must match the government-issued ID exactly
• No middle initial or middle name if it does not appear on the ID
• Candidate cannot have been directly employed by a CommonSpirit/CHI/Dignity facility within the past year
• PRN employment through an outside staffing firm may still be considered

Mandatory Dysrhythmia Exam

Before signing, the candidate must complete the Relias Dysrhythmia Exam.

• Must be completed within 24–48 hours
• Pass/fail exam
• 2 attempts allowed
• Test A is assigned first
• If Test A is failed, Test B is assigned for the second attempt
• Screenshot showing the number of attempts is required
• If the candidate fails both attempts, they will be DNU for CommonSpirit AZ and Sacramento

Other Requirements

• License must be active and available for submission
• BSN not required
• Hospital may cancel up to 4 shifts during a 13-week assignment
• Travelers participate in the holiday rotation with core staff
• RTO should be discussed during submission

Best candidate: ICU RN with 2+ years of medical/surgical ICU experience, Cerner experience, strong EKG interpretation and ventilator skills, and BLS/ACLS/NIHSS. The candidate must also be comfortable floating and completing the Relias dysrhythmia exam immediately.

About Care Career

Benefits

• Referral bonus
• Weekly pay
• Medical benefits
• Continuing Education
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits