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

Travel RN – ICU Float Pool

Agency: LotusOne – Care Career
Facility: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Location: Los Angeles, California
Specialty: ICU Float Pool
Shift: Night shift, 4×12-hour shifts (7:00 PM–7:30 AM)
Guaranteed Hours: 36 or 48 hours per week, depending on the selected option
Start Dates & Contract Lengths:

• November 16, 2026: 13-week contract
• December 7, 2026: 8-week contract
• December 14, 2026: 8-week contract

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience.
• Active California RN license in hand at submission; temporary and pending licenses are not accepted.
• ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications.
• Experience in a hospital with 400 or more beds.
• First-time travelers accepted if they meet the ICU experience and large-hospital requirements.
• Must pass the EKG exam administered on the first day of orientation to continue with the contract.
• Flu vaccine required; no exemptions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pulmonary artery line / Swan-Ganz experience.
• Transplant experience.
• EVD experience.
• CRRT experience.
• CCRN certification.
• Strong cardiac, neuro, and preferably trauma experience for MICU candidates being considered.

Unit & Patient Details

• Patient Population: Adults and geriatrics.
• Adult ICU Capacity: 24 beds total.
• Charting System: Epic preferred.
• Floating: Required across ICU, medical-surgical, telemetry, PCU/step-down, overflow, and PACU units as needed.
• Weekend Requirement: At least 6 weekend shifts per 6-week period.
• Scheduling: Self-scheduling, but no scheduling requests are accommodated.
• RTO: Maximum 2 weeks total; no time off during the first 2 weeks of the assignment.
• Holidays: Must work 3 of 5 holidays.

Clinical Skills

• Ventilator management and care of ventilated patients.
• Arterial line and central line management.
• Cardiac and vasoactive drip titration.
• Hemodynamic monitoring and dysrhythmia management.
• Chest tube care, blood product administration, and emergency medications.
• Continuous IV sedation and paralytic management.
• ABG interpretation, EKG acquisition and interpretation.
• High-flow nasal cannula and BiPAP/CPAP management.
• IV initiation and maintenance, phlebotomy, and procedural sedation.
• ICP monitoring and management of multisystem organ dysfunction.

ICU Float Pool Assignments

• Neuro ICU: 8SCCT.
• Respiratory failure and ventilator support: 7SCCT.
• Cardiac instability and acute myocardial infarction: 6SCCT / 4SCCT.
• GU/GI bleeds, environmental injuries, shock, and massive transfusion: 5SCCT.
• Transplant units: Liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, and lung.
• May also float to overflow PACU and other medical-surgical, telemetry, and step-down overflow units.

Submission & Compliance Requirements

• Two references from the past year of employment, from a supervisor or higher; charge RN references are not accepted.
• All previous Cedars-related employment must be included in the candidate profile.
• Former permanent employees generally need a 24-month separation before returning as travelers; the stated exception for CSMN is 12 months.
• Any license or background issue requires a detailed written statement. Open or pending issues result in automatic redirection.
• Modules: 10–40 hours; the first 17 hours or HealthStream modules are billable, with additional module time non-billable. Modules are completed before the start date or during orientation.

Additional Notes

• COVID-19 vaccine: Not required.
• Local candidates: Accepted at the same rate; no radius restriction.
• Call: Not specified.
• Contract duration discrepancy: The source lists 91 weeks in the system, but the assignment notes specify 13 weeks or 8 weeks depending on the start date. Confirm the correct duration before submission.