Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in San Francisco, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 12/08/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit Burn specialty. This position provides critical care for patients across the lifespan, including neonates, infants, adolescents, adults, pediatrics, and geriatrics. The role requires experience with burn and critical care practices, ventilator management, dysrhythmia interpretation, arterial lines, blood products, and continuous intravenous sedation.
Job Details
- Schedule: 12-hour night shifts, 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: California registered nurse license; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA); Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification for burn care; at least 2 years of registered nurse experience, including at least 1 year of critical care experience; prior travel nursing experience within the past 12 months; required charting system experience; COVID-19 vaccination and booster, with medical or religious exemptions considered.
- Preferred Qualifications: Burn unit experience; 1 year of pediatric experience; prior charge experience; prior teaching hospital experience; Certified Critical Care Nurse (CCRN), Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS), or Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) certification.
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Patient ratios are approximately 1:2 on days, nights, and weekends.
- The role supports patients requiring arterial line management, blood product administration, care of ventilated patients, continuous intravenous sedation, procedural sedation monitoring, ventilator management, suctioning, intravenous access, phlebotomy, and management of multisystem organ dysfunction or failure.
- The unit supports interdisciplinary collaboration with physical therapy, respiratory services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, and pharmacy.
- Charting is completed using Epic.
- The position includes care for patients ranging from neonates through geriatrics.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
Cross Country Job ID #1350520. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse / Intensive Care Unit Burn
About Cross Country Nurses
You care for others — we’re here to care for you. At Cross Country, we know travel nursing is about more than just the job. It’s about building a career that supports your lifestyle, your values, and your impact. We offer competitive pay, full benefits, and 24/7 support from a team that truly understands what it means to be on the front lines. Wherever your journey takes you, we’re with you every step of the way. Let’s build your best life — one assignment at a time.
Benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Referral bonus