Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $3,003 per week

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

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/02/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

ICU Float Pool RN – Travel Contract

Facility: Cedars-Sinai (confirm specific campus)
Shift: Day shift, 7:00 AM–7:30 PM
⏰ Guaranteed Hours: 36 or 48 hours/week
Start Dates Available: October 26, November 2, November 16, or December 2
EMR: Epic
Unit: Adult ICU Float Pool
️ ICU Beds: 24
Call: Not listed
Patient Population: Adults and geriatrics

Job Details

• Float between adult ICU units, including neuro, respiratory failure, cardiac instability, GI/GU bleeding, shock, and transplant patients.
• May also float to MS/Telemetry, PCU/step-down, overflow units, and PACU.
• Care for critically ill patients requiring ventilator support, hemodynamic monitoring, sedation, vasoactive drips, and complex interventions.
• Transplant experience is preferred; EVD and CRRT experience are also preferred.
• Must be flexible with assignments and scheduling.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience.
• Active California RN license in hand at submission. Pending or temporary licenses are not accepted.
• BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS required.
• Pulmonary artery line (PA line)/Swan-Ganz monitoring experience is mandatory.
• Experience in a 400-bed-or-larger hospital is required for first-time travelers.
• First-time travelers are accepted if they meet the ICU experience and large-hospital requirements.
• Must pass the facility's EKG exam during first-day orientation.
• Swan-Ganz skills checklist is required. Candidates must rate 3–4 on the additional skills checklist and have performed the skill within the past 6 months.
• CCRN is listed as preferred.
• Two supervisor-or-higher references from the past year are required; charge RN references are not accepted.

Scheduling & Time Off

• Must work at least 6 weekend shifts every 6 weeks.
• Must work 3 of the 5 required holiday shifts.
• No scheduling requests or block scheduling.
• Maximum RTO: 2 weeks total.
• No RTO during the first 2 weeks of the assignment.
• Flu vaccine required with no exemptions or declinations.
• COVID-19 vaccination is not required.

Additional Information

• License or background issues require a written explanation. Open or pending issues are an automatic redirect.
• Previous permanent employees of most Cedars-Sinai facilities must have a 24-month separation before returning as travelers; CSMN requires 12 months.
• All prior employment at the listed Cedars-Sinai-affiliated facilities must be included on the profile.

About Care Career

Benefits

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