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ICU

Los Angeles, CA

ICU Float Pool RN — Night Shift

Position Overview

Join the ICU Float Pool on night shifts (7:00 PM – 7:30 AM), working 4 x 12-hour schedules. You'll provide direct patient care across high-acuity units, including neuro, respiratory failure, cardiac, transplant, and overflow stepdown areas. This is a dynamic float role — expect to move between ICU and affiliated units (MS, Tele, PCU, PACU) based on daily census and patient acuity.

Contract & Scheduling

  • Start Dates: 11/16 (13 weeks), 12/7 or 12/14 (8 weeks)
  • Availability Required: All holidays; no time-off requests in the first 2 weeks
  • Weekends: Minimum 6 weekend shifts per 6-week period
  • No scheduling requests accommodated — flexibility is essential

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years ICU experience (from a 400+ bed facility)
  • Active California RN License (no pending or temporary licenses)
  • Current ACLS, BLS, NIH certifications
  • Flu vaccine required (no exemptions)
  • EKG exam on first day of orientation — must pass on first attempt
  • Two supervisor-level references from the past year

Preferred Skills

  • PA line/Swan Ganz monitoring
  • EVD management
  • CRRT experience
  • Trauma, cardiac, or neuro background
  • Transplant experience

Clinical Scope

Manage ventilated patients, hemodynamic monitoring, central and arterial lines, vasoactive drips, procedural sedation, blood product administration, and care of multi-system organ dysfunction. Interpret dysrhythmias and ABGs. Float assignments may include post-transplant (liver, kidney, pancreas, heart/lung), GI bleeds, massive transfusion, and acute coronary syndromes.

First-time travelers welcome.