Travel ICU RN - $2,723 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Merced, 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, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Oct 26, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an ICU RN for a 13-week acute care assignment requiring 2+ years ICU experience, ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications.

Details

• 20-bed ICU in an acute care hospital setting
• Patient ratio of 1:2
• Uses Cerner EMR
• 12-hour night shifts on a 7a/7p schedule
• 2 weekends required per 4-week period
• Holiday coverage as needed per unit requirements
• Floating required to Med-Surg Tele and Tele floors, with travelers floated first
• May be deployed to the ED to care for boarded ICU patients or placed on standby with a 30-minute response time
• Standby without being called in counts as a cancellation under the facility's policy
• Floor-specific orientation includes 2 shifts in ICU and 1 shift on an outside unit
• No block scheduling or scheduling accommodations for outside commitments

Requirements

• Active CA RN license required
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
• CCRN and basic critical care course preferred
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• Strong IV skills required
• Comfortable managing ventilated patients and applying the ABCDE bundle
• Must be able to independently read and interpret telemetry strips
• Experience with sepsis, DKA, COPD, GI bleeds, and post-surgical ICU recovery patients
• Comfortable administering sedation medications such as Versed, Propofol, and norepinephrine

Additional Information

• Charge nurse on each shift serves as a resource for the entire hospital and does not carry a patient assignment
• Respiratory therapy manages ventilators and is available 24/7, as is pharmacy
• In-house internal medicine coverage is available 24/7, with pulmonology providing intensivist-level support outside of 24/7 hours
• Facility is not currently a STEMI center and does not treat neuro cases
• Navy scrub color required
• Candidates should be comfortable floating to other units and taking a full patient load
• Located near Yosemite National Park and several lakes, with San Francisco and Sacramento roughly 2 hours away
• First-time travelers may be considered

American Traveler Job ID #P-763951. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - ICU

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