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

Job Summary
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Location unspecified. This role involves providing specialized critical care for neonates, adolescents, infants, and adults within a high-acuity, fast-paced medical/surgical pediatric intensive care environment. The position requires delivering complex patient care, including management of ventilators, central lines, and various life-support protocols.

Job Details

• Certifications required: CA RN License, American Heart Association Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
• Education/Degrees: BSN required for all RN positions.
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years pediatric intensive care experience in a high-capacity (min 15 bed), tertiary level, teaching hospital setting.
• Schedule: Rotating shift, 12-hour shifts, minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Additional qualifications: Experience with consciousness sedation, ICP, telemetry, ventilators, and central line care. Advanced skills such as End-Tidal CO2 monitoring, blood product administration, and management of complex cases like bone marrow transplant and brain hemorrhage management are preferred.
• Responsibilities include managing ventilated patients, arterial lines, PICC lines, hemodynamic monitoring, administering blood products, and participating in multidisciplinary team activities.
• The position involves floating to other facility units within a 75+ mile radius if needed.
• Travelers with a start date of 11/17/2026, ending on 02/16/2027, are eligible.

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