Travel Contract

Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
San Diego, California
Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego

$2,590-2,961/week

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Job details

THIS IS A CRITICAL CARE FLOAT POOL POSITION – PEDIATRIC ICU EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Traveler must be willing to get flu shot when requested
Will care for all age ranges and levels of acuity
Experience: Ventilators, trachs, multiple monitoring skills, specifically CVP and EKG
Patient Population: High acuity unit seeing injury, respiratory failure, shock, multi-system failure, poisonings, near drowning, meningitis, post-op cardiac surgical care

Job requirements

CA License
First to float to other units outside of the critical care units, including ED
BLS
PALS
2 full recent years of Pediatric ICU experience (PICU, CTICU, CRITICAL CARE FLOAT POOL)

Schedule information

3x12 variable or straight night
4-5 weekend shifts sat-sun on day shift and then 5-6 shifts of fri-sat nights – traveler gets off one full weekend every 4-week schedule
13-week contracts
Requested Time Off: Max 6 days (Must still get 3 shifts in per week)
Must be willing to work Christmas and New Year holiday

Unit specific information

*For travelers with PICU experience - 15-bed minimum and higher acuity of care across ALL PICU/ICU areas
Fingernail Hygiene Policy - employee must sign prior to start.

Additional Details

Valid photo ID is required. Must have front and back copies. Traveler must present on their first day.
Acknowledgement of Pass/Fail Testing is required for ALL RNs (except Case Managers)
Orientation Information - sent out on the Thursday before a Monday start.

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