Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Los Angeles, CA
Care Career
4x12 hrs, Days, Flexible
Referral Bonus

Job Overview

• Facility: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (confirm exact facility with the account manager)
• Location: California
• Position: ICU Float Pool RN
• Experience: Minimum 2 years of ICU experience
• Travel Experience: Required, but first-time travelers are accepted
• Facility Experience: Must have experience in a hospital with 400+ beds
• Charting System: Epic
• Patient Population: Adults and geriatrics
• Unit Capacity: 24 ICU beds

Schedule

• Shift: Day shift, 4×12 hours
• Timing: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
• Hours Available: 36 or 48 hours/week
• Weekends: At least 6 weekend shifts per 6-week period
• Holidays: Must work 3 out of 5 holidays
• Scheduling Requests: Not accommodated
• RTO: Maximum 7 days stated in the job description; compliance notes allow up to 2 weeks total. Confirm the applicable limit. No RTO during the first 2 weeks.
• Contract Duration: 13 weeks
• Guaranteed Hours: Not specified

Required Licensure & Certifications

• Active California RN license in hand at submission; pending or temporary licenses are not accepted.
• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS
• CCRN is listed in the requirements; confirm whether mandatory.
• Must pass the EKG exam during the first day of orientation.

Critical Required Experience

• Pulmonary artery line (PA line)/Swan-Ganz monitoring experience is mandatory.
• Candidates must have performed this skill within the last 6 months and score 3–4 on the additional skills checklist.
• The Swan-Ganz checklist must be attached for review.
• Candidates who do not meet this requirement should not be screened or submitted.

Required Clinical Skills

• Arterial line management
• Ventilator management and care of ventilated patients
• Central line care
• Continuous IV sedation and paralytic management
• Titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips
• Hemodynamic monitoring and dysrhythmia management
• ABG interpretation
• ICP monitoring
• Blood product administration
• Emergency medication administration
• HFNC and BiPAP/CPAP management
• Pulmonary artery line/Swan-Ganz monitoring

Preferred Skills

• Transplant experience
• EVD experience
• CRRT experience
• Strong cardiac, neurological and trauma experience

Floating Requirements

• This is an ICU Float Pool position.
• Must float to ICU, MS/Telemetry, PCU, step-down, overflow and PACU units as needed.
• Two high-acuity units are included in the float cluster.
• MICU candidates may be considered if they have strong cardiac and neuro skills, preferably with trauma experience.