Travel ICU RN - CVICU/CTICU/CCU Float Pool - $3,347 per week

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

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Critical Care Float
• 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 advanced mechanical circulatory support and ECMO experience for a float pool position at an academic medical center.

Details

• Float pool position covering ICU, TCU, ED, and PACU departments across UCSF facilities
• Rotating 12-hour Day (7:00-19:30) and Night (19:00-7:30) shifts
• Schedule cycles run 4 weeks, alternating between day and night shifts based on need
• Patient ratio of 1:2
• CVICU/CTICU/CCU patient population including cardiothoracic surgery, heart and lung transplant recovery, and bridge to transplant cases
• Care for complex critical care patients requiring ECMO, IABP, Impella, LVAD, CRRT, and PA Catheter management
• Epic EMR experience preferred
• Floating required to other UCSF facilities and departments within a 75+ mile radius

Requirements

• Active CA RN license required
• BSN required
• AHA BLS and ACLS certifications required
• NIHSS certification preferred
• Minimum 4 years of recent ICU experience required
• ECMO experience within the last 6 months to 1 year required
• Bedside RN experience caring for ECMO patients without dedicated perfusion support required
• Ability to independently manage complex critical care patients
• Trauma Level II experience required
• Teaching hospital/academic medical center experience preferred
• Travel nursing experience of 1 year or less within the past 5 years required, including a completed travel assignment within the past 12 months
• 2 references from most recent employer required for consideration
• Experience with VA ECMO, VV ECMO, V-PA ECMO, CRRT (NxStage), IABP (Teleflex), Impella, and Ventricular Assist Devices strongly preferred
• Experience with heart failure/cardiogenic shock, pulmonary artery catheters, and prostacyclin therapies strongly preferred
• Experience managing multiple simultaneous support devices (e.g. ECMO + CRRT, ECMO + Impella, ECMO + IABP) highly desirable

Additional Information

• Provide advanced critical care to patients requiring mechanical circulatory support and multi-organ support therapies
• Function within an integrated critical care (ICC) care model supporting cardiovascular, transplant, and mechanical circulatory support populations
• Any prior employment history with University of California medical facilities or their acquired facilities must be disclosed for a rehire eligibility check
• Travel pairs are permitted but generally will not be placed on the same unit, and married couples may not work on the same unit
• All requested RTO must be submitted and approved by the manager at time of offer, with no additional requests accepted mid-contract
• RTO may not fall within the first two weeks of the assignment
• Local candidates are accepted at the same pay rate as traveling candidates

American Traveler Job ID #P-740664. 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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