Travel Critical Care RN
Fairfield, California
NorthBay Medical Center

Critical Care RN Travel

Location: Fairfield, California
Employment Type: Clinical Nursing Travel
Contract Length: 9 weeks
Shift: Nights (12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week)

• 7/10 staffing ratio (7 patients to 1 nurse)
• Must be willing and able to float to a sister facility as needed
• Department operates on AWS (Advanced Workflow System)
• Double time after 12 hours per day, overtime after 40 hours per week

Job Description

• Deliver safe, effective, quality nursing care based on established nursing models and theories (e.g., Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring, Relationship Based Care).
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care for assigned patients, considering physiologic, developmental, and psychosocial needs.
• Collaborate with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams to promote, maintain, and restore health.
• Formulate nursing diagnoses and care plans ensuring patient safety, comfort, hygiene, disease prevention, and restorative measures.
• Perform nursing skills, explain treatments, and educate patients and families on health care needs.
• Evaluate care effectiveness and modify plans as necessary.
• Demonstrate knowledge and safe use of equipment, instrumentation, and medications.
• Delegate tasks appropriately and supervise care team members within their legal scope of practice.
• Advocate for patients’ rights and informed decision-making.
• Provide culturally competent, age-appropriate, ethical care within legal standards.
• Coordinate patient care activities with nurses, physicians, allied health professionals, and ancillary staff.

Required Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) license valid in California
• Experience in Critical Care nursing (minimum years of experience not explicitly stated; assume standard for specialty RN roles)
• Ability to work night shifts and float between facilities as needed

Additional Information

• 12-hour shifts with specific overtime and double time policies
• Staffing ratio and workflow system details relevant to work environment