Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit

Voca Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU
- Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in La Mesa, California.

• Specialty:
  ICU
  - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline:
  RN
• Start Date:
  
  10/26/2026
• Duration:
  13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours, nights
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

Registry RN / Float Pool, the requirements are:

• Active California RN license
• BSN or ADN — either is acceptable.
• At least 3 years of recent RN experience working in an RN role.
• At least 2 years of recent RN experience in a specialty area.
  • The posting does not specify one particular specialty in the text you provided.
• CPR certification
• ACLS certification
• NIH certification — the posting lists NIH under required certifications; this appears to mean NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale), so I would verify the exact certification requirement before submission.
• Float-pool requirement
• This is particularly important.
• The nurse is joining a Sharp Health Care float pool, so they must be comfortable floating to different areas.
• The posting states the nurse may:
• Float to ICU units
• Float to a unit one level of care lower
• Float to another Sharp facility
• Therefore, I would want the candidate's specialty experience to be strong enough to support this type of floating assignment.
• Schedule
• 12-hour nights
• 36 hours/week guaranteed
• This is a winter-need position.
• Listed start dates are 10/12 through 11/16.
• Candidate screening checklist
• For submission, I'd want to see:
• ✓ Active CA RN license
  ✓ ADN or BSN
  ✓ 3+ years recent RN experience
  ✓ 2+ years recent specialty experience
  ✓ CPR
  ✓ ACLS
  ✓ NIHSS/NIH certification as required
  ✓ Strong nursing-process competency
  ✓ Ability to manage complex/high-risk patients
  ✓ Comfortable floating to ICU/other Sharp facilities
  ✓ Available for 12-hour night shifts

As a Voca Traveler, you will gain new clinical skills, visit amazing places and meet awesome healthcare professionals.

As a travel health professional, your experience and dedication to patient care is in high demand throughout the United States. Whether you are a veteran traveler looking for your next opportunity, or you are looking to travel for the first time, Voca is here to support you. Voca’s experienced and dedicated travel team works in concert with you every step of the way.

Our long-standing partnerships with some of the most respected and recognized healthcare organizations in the country allow us to identify career opportunities to help you increase your knowledge and experience while working with some of the best physicians and healthcare professionals in the world. At Voca, we strongly believe a better career results in a happier you. We are here to help you find a position that is professionally and personally rewarding.

• Holiday Pay
• 401k retirement plan
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Guaranteed Hours