Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Novato, 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, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Position: RN – likely ICU/Critical Care based on the required skills and patient ratios
Shift: Days, 3×12 hours
Hours: 36 hours/week
Shift Time:7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Contract: Travel assignment
Weekend: Every other weekend
Patient Ratio:1:2
Unit: 8 beds, daily census 4
Patient Population: Adults & geriatrics
Required
- Active California RN license
- BLS
- ACLS
- NIHSS
- At least 2 years of experience
- Travel experience required
- AHA or ARC certifications
- Recent Nursys verification uploaded within the last 2 weeks
Important Experience
The candidate should be comfortable with critical-care-level skills, including:
- Ventilator management
- BiPAP/CPAP
- Arterial lines
- Central/PICC lines
- CVP monitoring
- Chest tubes
- Blood products
- Continuous IV sedation/paralytics
- Cardiac and vasoactive drips
- Dysrhythmia management
- Stroke/CVA management
- Respiratory failure
- ABG interpretation
- HFNC
- IV insulin protocols
- Emergency medications
Scheduling
- 3×12-hour day shifts
- 7:00 AM–7:30 PM
- Every other weekend
- 13 weekend shifts during the contract
- Scheduling type: Block
- No call listed
- No float requirement listed
Local Rule
- 50-mile radius rule
- Local candidates are accepted but at the local rate.
Time Off
- Maximum 7 days RTO per contract
- Only 1 holiday can be requested
- Holiday RTO is restricted around major holidays.
Compliance
- 7-year work history verification
- Compliance documents due 10 days before start
- Labs must be completed within 3–5 days after contract signing
- Modules are non-billable and usually take 1–5 hours
- 2 references from the last year
- Former manager information required for previous staff/travelers
About Care Career
Care Career brings together a portfolio of leading healthcare staffing organizations, each delivering specialized talent solutions across the industry. Wherever you want to go, We Make It Happen.
With travel nursing jobs across the country, you can discover the possibilities that create the lifestyle and financial position that you have dreamed of.
Care Career is a modern, transparent staffing firm creating the ultimate community of US.
Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits