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: 11/16/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 48 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel RN – ICU Float Pool
Agency: LotusOne – Care Career
Facility: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Location: Los Angeles, California
Specialty: ICU Float Pool
Shift: Night shift, 4×12-hour shifts (7:00 PM–7:30 AM)
Guaranteed Hours: 36 or 48 hours per week, depending on the selected option
Start Dates & Contract Lengths:
- November 16, 2026: 13-week contract
- December 7, 2026: 8-week contract
- December 14, 2026: 8-week contract
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years of ICU experience.
- Active California RN license in hand at submission; temporary and pending licenses are not accepted.
- ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications.
- Experience in a hospital with 400 or more beds.
- First-time travelers accepted if they meet the ICU experience and large-hospital requirements.
- Must pass the EKG exam administered on the first day of orientation to continue with the contract.
- Flu vaccine required; no exemptions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Pulmonary artery line / Swan-Ganz experience.
- Transplant experience.
- EVD experience.
- CRRT experience.
- CCRN certification.
- Strong cardiac, neuro, and preferably trauma experience for MICU candidates being considered.
Unit & Patient Details
- Patient Population: Adults and geriatrics.
- Adult ICU Capacity: 24 beds total.
- Charting System: Epic preferred.
- Floating: Required across ICU, medical-surgical, telemetry, PCU/step-down, overflow, and PACU units as needed.
- Weekend Requirement: At least 6 weekend shifts per 6-week period.
- Scheduling: Self-scheduling, but no scheduling requests are accommodated.
- RTO: Maximum 2 weeks total; no time off during the first 2 weeks of the assignment.
- Holidays: Must work 3 of 5 holidays.
Clinical Skills
- Ventilator management and care of ventilated patients.
- Arterial line and central line management.
- Cardiac and vasoactive drip titration.
- Hemodynamic monitoring and dysrhythmia management.
- Chest tube care, blood product administration, and emergency medications.
- Continuous IV sedation and paralytic management.
- ABG interpretation, EKG acquisition and interpretation.
- High-flow nasal cannula and BiPAP/CPAP management.
- IV initiation and maintenance, phlebotomy, and procedural sedation.
- ICP monitoring and management of multisystem organ dysfunction.
ICU Float Pool Assignments
- Neuro ICU: 8SCCT.
- Respiratory failure and ventilator support: 7SCCT.
- Cardiac instability and acute myocardial infarction: 6SCCT / 4SCCT.
- GU/GI bleeds, environmental injuries, shock, and massive transfusion: 5SCCT.
- Transplant units: Liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, and lung.
- May also float to overflow PACU and other medical-surgical, telemetry, and step-down overflow units.
Submission & Compliance Requirements
- Two references from the past year of employment, from a supervisor or higher; charge RN references are not accepted.
- All previous Cedars-related employment must be included in the candidate profile.
- Former permanent employees generally need a 24-month separation before returning as travelers; the stated exception for CSMN is 12 months.
- Any license or background issue requires a detailed written statement. Open or pending issues result in automatic redirection.
- Modules: 10–40 hours; the first 17 hours or HealthStream modules are billable, with additional module time non-billable. Modules are completed before the start date or during orientation.
Additional Notes
- COVID-19 vaccine: Not required.
- Local candidates: Accepted at the same rate; no radius restriction.
- Call: Not specified.
- Contract duration discrepancy: The source lists 91 weeks in the system, but the assignment notes specify 13 weeks or 8 weeks depending on the start date. Confirm the correct duration before submission.
COVID-19 vaccine: Not required. Local candidates: Accepted at the same rate; no radius restriction.
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits