ICU Registered Nurse
San Francisco, CA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, is responsible for providing comprehensive care to adult and geriatric patients in critical care settings. The position supports a float pool and may be assigned across intensive care, transitional care, emergency department, and post-anesthesia care areas based on operational needs. The role requires strong critical care expertise, adaptability, and the ability to manage complex patient conditions.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day or night shifts consisting of three 12-hour shifts per week, for a minimum of 36 hours per week. Shift times may be 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., based on operational need.
• Required Qualifications: California Registered Nurse license in hand; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; minimum of 2.5 years of recent adult medical-surgical critical care experience; travel nursing experience; teaching hospital experience; ability to care for patients in Trauma Level II settings.
• Preferred Qualifications: Variety of critical care experience, including medical-surgical, cardiac, and neurological care; recent float pool, post-anesthesia care, or emergency department experience; previous experience with electronic medical record systems.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: This is a float pool position rather than a unit-based assignment. Assignments may include intensive care, transitional care, emergency department patients requiring continued care, and post-anesthesia care patients. Patient assignments may be up to 3:1 in acute care, telemetry, and transitional care units. The role involves caring for adult and geriatric patients and may include management of ventilated patients, central lines, arterial lines, cardiac and vasoactive infusions, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ventricular assist devices, renal replacement therapy, neurological monitoring, chest tubes, blood products, transplant patients, and complex multisystem conditions.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits