Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
San Diego, California
UC San Diego Float Pool

Registered Nurse – ICU

Location: San Diego, California Start Date: January 4th Contract Length: 13 weeks Schedule: Night shifts, 3 x 12-hour shifts (19:00 to 7:30), 36 hours per week

Unit and Role Overview

• Unit: ER holding unit. Patients include ICU patients, but the RN works in the ER.
• Patient population: ED inpatients who require ICU experience, including cardiac, LVAD, pulmonary HTN, cancer, respiratory, surgical, and transplant patients.
• Floating: The RN must be open to floating to other campuses in the system. If the census permits, the RN may float to all ICU units system-wide.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in California
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• 2 years of ICU (Intensive Care Unit) experience
• Critical Care Float experience: 2 years, with experience within the last year
• A-lines and phlebotomy (HARD STOP)
• Clinical skills: PICC lines, chest tubes, ventilators, telemetry, and IV start
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by American Heart Association, AHA/RQI, National Health Care Provider Solutions, Military Training Network, or Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by American Heart Association, AHA/RQI, National Health Care Provider Solutions, Military Training Network, or Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Certification)

Health, Background, and Compliance Requirements

• Background check: Must be within 6 months of start, including an SSN trace and criminal, sexual offender, and national criminal database searches.
• Exclusion databases: EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG searches, plus a CA Medi-Cal search, all within 30 days of start and re-run monthly.
• Physical exam: Within 1 year of start, completed by an MD, DO, PA, or NP.
• TB: Negative Q Gold or T-Spot within 3 months of start, or two PPDs (first within 1 year, second within 3 months of start). A TB questionnaire is required annually.
• Drug screen: 9-panel drug screen within 30 days of start.
• Tdap: Within 10 years of start. If declined, a titer within 1 year and a signed declination are required.
• Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella: Positive titer or 2 vaccines required. Negative or equivocal titers require 2 boosters at least 28 days apart.
• Hepatitis B: Required, with options that include proof of 3 vaccines and a positive titer, or a positive titer and signed declination.
• Fit testing: Must pass one N95 fit test (such as a 1870+, 1860, or 3M 8210), updated annually. Float pool RNs must have a passed fit test on file by the documents due date.
• Flu vaccine: Strongly preferred during flu season (November 1 to March 31). Declination requires an approved declination form. Deadline is October 31.