Travel ICU RN - $2,605 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Folsom, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/27/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Oct 27, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a 13-week night shift assignment requiring 2+ years of ICU experience and active CA RN licensure.

Details

• 8-bed Intensive Care Unit in an acute care hospital setting
• Patient ratios of 1:1-2
• Charge nurse available for break relief but generally does not take patients
• No nurse aides on the unit
• Uses Cerner EMR
• 12-hour night shifts, 7pm-7:30am, with self-scheduling finalized by manager
• Every other weekend required
• Rotates holiday coverage with core staff
• Floating required to other Sacramento area facilities
• May be placed on-call if not needed in the department
• Respiratory Therapy and Pharmacy available 24/7
• No in-house hospitalist or intensivist; utilizes Telemed robot
• No dedicated IV team
• 1-2 days of floor-specific orientation with a preceptor

Requirements

• Active CA RN license required
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• Must be able to read and interpret EKG strips
• Experience with ventilators including Galileo and G5 models
• Cerner EMR experience
• Completion of Relias Dysrhythmia exam required prior to confirming offer, within 24-48 hours of acceptance
• Copy of driver's license required to verify legal name matches government-issued ID
• Two supervisor/peer references required, one within past 12 months and one within past 3 years, including dates of employment and rehire eligibility

Additional Information

• Care for a general medical/surgical ICU population including stable CVA post-TPA, respiratory failure, manual proning, COPD, CHF, and DKA
• No CABG or neuro surgery cases on this unit
• Navy scrubs required; undershirts must be navy, white, or black, and scrub jackets if worn must be navy
• Overtime and extra shifts available through self-scheduling, with schedules released 4 weeks in advance
• Pass/Fail sterile technique test administered on first day of orientation for Foley catheter insertion and central line dressing changes
• Failure of required testing may result in a 6-month do-not-use status with the health system in this region
• Candidates may not have been directly employed by any facility within this health system network in the past year, though PRN employment through outside staffing firms will be considered

American Traveler Job ID #P-767450. 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: Travel RN - ICU

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