Voca Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in La Mesa, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/02/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Registered Nurse (RN) – ICU Float Pool (Travel)
Shift: 3x12-hour night shifts
Guaranteed Hours: 36 per week
License: Active California RN license
Certifications: CPR, ACLS, and NIH required
Job Description
The Registered Nurse provides safe, individualized, age-appropriate patient care using the nursing process. This float pool position requires flexibility to work in ICU units, units one level of care lower, or other Sharp HealthCare facilities as needed. The RN promotes quality outcomes, coordinates patient care, and advocates for patients and families.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess, prioritize, and document patient and family needs.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans.
- Provide safe nursing interventions and adapt care based on patient responses.
- Monitor patient progress and document outcomes.
- Educate patients and families and evaluate understanding.
- Advocate for patient rights and encourage participation in care decisions.
- Establish therapeutic relationships while addressing communication and cultural needs.
- Coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams and ancillary staff.
- Delegate tasks according to team members’ scope of practice and competency.
- Recognize complex or high-risk clinical situations and seek additional resources.
- Participate in patient care conferences and coordinate referrals.
- Float to ICU units, units one level of care lower, or other Sharp facilities as assigned.
- Successfully pass the EKG exam during orientation.
Required Skills
- Nursing process and individualized assessment
- Care planning and nursing interventions
- Patient and family education and advocacy
- Patient assessment and clinical documentation
- Patient care coordination and healthcare team communication
- Nursing judgment and appropriate delegation
- Therapeutic communication and adult-learning principles
Education & Experience
- Minimum 3 years of recent RN experience.
- Minimum 2 years of recent specialty-area experience.
- Must be flexible to float across units and Sharp facilities as needed.
- Must pass the EKG exam during orientation.
Minimum 3 years of recent RN experience. Minimum 2 years of recent specialty-area experience. Must be flexible to float across units and Sharp facilities as needed. Must pass the EKG exam during orientation.
About Voca Healthcare
As a Voca Traveler, you will gain new clinical skills, visit amazing places and meet awesome healthcare professionals.
As a travel health professional, your experience and dedication to patient care is in high demand throughout the United States. Whether you are a veteran traveler looking for your next opportunity, or you are looking to travel for the first time, Voca is here to support you. Voca’s experienced and dedicated travel team works in concert with you every step of the way. Our long-standing partnerships with some of the most respected and recognized healthcare organizations in the country allow us to identify career opportunities to help you increase your knowledge and experience while working with some of the best physicians and healthcare professionals in the world. At Voca, we strongly believe a better career results in a happier you. We are here to help you find a position that is professionally and personally rewarding.
Benefits
- Holiday Pay
- 401k retirement plan
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Guaranteed Hours