PICU

Pediatric Cardiac ICU – Travel RN

Contract Details

• Duration: 13 weeks
• Start Date: ASAP
• Shift Options: 3x12-hour rotating (Day: 07:00–19:00 | Night: 19:00–07:00)
• Location: San Diego, CA

Unit Overview

You'll work in a high-acuity pediatric cardiac intensive care unit managing neonates through young adults. The unit specializes in post-operative cardiac surgical care, congenital heart disease, cardiology patients, and heart transplant recipients. Patients transition from intensive to intermediate care within this unit and remain under your team's care through discharge. Approximately 60% of your patients will be infants; the remainder includes toddlers through adolescents.

Requirements

• Experience: Minimum 2 years of recent pediatric cardiac ICU experience; cardiac training is mandatory
• License: California RN license (in hand or with ETA from licensing board)
• Certifications: BLS and PALS current
• Travel Experience: Required
• Willingness to Float: Yes, within scope of practice to meet facility needs

Clinical Scope

You'll manage ventilators, multiple cardiac monitors, and EKG interpretation. Core competencies include hemodynamic monitoring, central line management, arterial line management, post-cardiac-surgery care, procedural sedation, ECMO support, and VAD management.

Schedule & Time Off

• 6 weekend shifts per 4-week cycle (Fri/Sat nights for night shift; Sat/Sun for day shift)
• Maximum 6 days RTO
• Must work 2 of 3 holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's); Christmas Eve/Day RTO cannot be accommodated
• No on-call requirement

Additional Details

• Free parking

• Scrubs: Any color
• First-time travelers accepted with strong cardiac experience