ICU | Registered Nurse

ICU Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – San Francisco, CA Travel Contract

Apply for an ICU travel nurse job in San Francisco, California, and bring your critical care expertise to a dynamic float pool opportunity. This role is ideal for an experienced ICU RN who enjoys caring for complex adult and geriatric patients across intensive care, telemetry, transitional care, emergency, and post-anesthesia settings. You will work within a highly collaborative teaching-hospital environment supported by respiratory services, IV teams, pharmacy, rapid response, radiology, rehabilitation, and social services.

Located in San Francisco’s scenic 94131 area, this California travel nursing opportunity offers access to the Bay Area’s distinctive neighborhoods, parks, waterfront attractions, cultural experiences, and renowned culinary scene while you advance your clinical career.

ICU Travel Nurse Job Details

• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,200–$2,320
• Location: San Francisco, California
• Employment Type: ICU travel nursing contract
• Start Date: October 27, 2026
• Assignment Duration: Approximately 25 weeks, ending April 20, 2027
• Schedule: Three 12-hour shifts per week; 36 hours weekly
• Shift: 12-hour rotating day and night shifts, generally 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m.
• Patient Ratio: Approximately 2:1 in ICU settings; assignments may vary by department
• Healthcare Setting: Float pool supporting intensive care and select acute-care departments across multiple campuses
• Orientation: 24 hours, with required pre-start learning modules

ICU Registered Nurse Job Requirements

• At least 2 years of recent adult ICU or medical-surgical critical care RN experience; 2.5 years or more is strongly preferred
• Experience in a variety of critical care environments, such as medical-surgical, cardiac, neuro, surgical, or transplant ICU
• Current California Registered Nurse license in hand
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing required
• American Heart Association BLS and ACLS certifications required
• NIHSS certification preferred
• Level II trauma experience required
• Teaching-hospital experience and prior travel nursing experience required
• Epic electronic health record charting experience preferred
• Ability to float between ICUs, transitional care, telemetry, emergency, post-anesthesia, and other qualified departments as operational needs require
• Comfort caring for adults and geriatric patients with complex and multisystem conditions
• COVID-19 vaccination and booster required, subject to limited medical or religious exemptions
• Two professional references from the most recent employer required during the application process
• All requested time off must be disclosed at submission and approved before the assignment begins; time off during the first two weeks is not permitted

ICU Registered Nurse Responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence-based nursing care for critically ill adult and geriatric patients across multiple care environments
• Manage ventilated patients, high-flow oxygen, BiPAP/CPAP, arterial lines, central lines, PICC lines, chest tubes, drains, and complex monitoring systems
• Titrate vasoactive, cardiac, sedative, insulin, and other continuous infusions according to clinical protocols
• Recognize and respond to respiratory failure, acute kidney injury, renal failure, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary edema, stroke, dysrhythmias, sepsis, and multisystem organ dysfunction
• Provide care involving CRRT or CVVHD, ECMO, IABP, Impella, LVAD/RVAD, EVD, ICP monitoring, and other advanced critical-care therapies as applicable
• Support patients before and after cardiac, thoracic, neurologic, transplant, vascular, and other major surgical procedures
• Administer blood products, manage massive transfusion protocols, interpret ABGs and dysrhythmias, and respond to changes in patient condition
• Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, rehabilitation specialists, and rapid response teams
• Float to other qualified units or campuses and adapt quickly to changing assignments while maintaining excellent patient care
• Accurately document assessments, interventions, medication administration, and patient outcomes in Epic

Apply now for this ICU travel nurse opportunity in San Francisco, California, and join a collaborative critical care team serving patients across a leading teaching-hospital environment.

Benefits

401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.