Travel Nurse RN - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care in San Francisco, CA

Preferred Experience / Skills Experience with VA ECMO, VV ECMO, and V-PA ECMO configurations; CRRT (NxStage); IABP (Teleflex); Impella; and Ventricular Assist Devices. Key Responsibilities Independently manage complex critical care patients, including those requiring advanced mechanical circulatory and multi-organ support devices.

Job Title

Registered Nurse – ICU (Float Pool)

Location

San Francisco, CA

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Full-Time | Onsite | Rotating Day/Night Shifts (3x12-Hour Shifts) | Day: 7:00–19:30 / Night: 19:00–7:30

Key Responsibilities

• Independently manage complex critical care patients, including those requiring advanced mechanical circulatory and multi-organ support devices
• Provide bedside ECMO care as primary RN responsibility, including management without dedicated bedside perfusion support
• Float to all ICUs, TCUs, Emergency Department, and PACU as assigned within the float pool model
• Operate and monitor advanced support devices including IABP, Impella, LVAD, CRRT, and PA Catheters
• Deliver specialized care to cardiovascular, cardiothoracic surgery, and transplant patient populations
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and maintain strong interpersonal communication across departments

Required Qualifications

• Active California RN License (must be in hand at time of submission)
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required
• Current AHA BLS and ACLS certifications
• Minimum 4 years of recent ICU experience (CVICU, CTICU, or CCU)
• ECMO experience within the last 6 months to 1 year, including bedside RN responsibility without dedicated perfusion support
• Teaching hospital experience required

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Experience with VA ECMO, VV ECMO, and V-PA ECMO configurations; CRRT (NxStage); IABP (Teleflex); Impella; and Ventricular Assist Devices
• Experience with heart failure, cardiogenic shock, prostacyclin therapies, pulmonary artery catheters, and cardiothoracic surgery recovery
• Heart and/or lung transplant experience, including bridge-to-transplant populations
• Academic medical center experience and demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage multiple support devices (e.g., ECMO + CRRT, ECMO + Impella)

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to practice at a high-acuity academic medical center with exposure to some of the most complex cardiovascular and transplant critical care cases in the region
• Float pool model provides broad clinical exposure across multiple ICU and specialty care environments