TheraEX Staffing Services is seeking a travel nurse RN Float SICU - Surgical Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Carmichael, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: SICU - Surgical Intensive Care
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 01/06/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Trauma Level:
2
Charting System:
Cerner
Unit Notes
Med Sol prescreens
need 2 sup refs from modality submitting to (charge accepted) at submittal; 1 w/in 12 mo. & 1 w/in 3 years worked
Candidates may not have been directly employed (full time, part time, or PRN) by any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and/or Dignity within the past year. Candidates who were employed PRN through outside firms will be considered.
**THIS POSITION MAY FLOAT BETWEEN SICU (SURGICAL ICU) and TICU (TRAUMA ICU) DEPENDING ON CENSUS. BOTH SETS OF UNIT NOTES ARE BELOW**
- Unit: SICU - St John's ICU - Surgical ICU (background exp needed with surgical patients CEA, fem-pop, EVARs, laparotomies, thoracic surgeries)
- # beds: 10
- Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
- Ratios: 1:1 - 2
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Yes, generally does not take patients, but will do break relief.
- Nurse Aides: Yes as Safety Attendants (sitters)
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
- Holidays: Rotate in with core staff
- Scrub Color: Navy - under shirts must be navy, white, or black. Scrub jackets are optional, must be navy.
- Tele: Yes, must be able to read and interpret EKG strips.
- Vents: Yes
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes, Hospitalist or Intensivist
- IV Team: No
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 12 hr shifts. Shift starts 645. Report is at the bedside. OT and extra shifts are available. Self-scheduling is used, but is not finalized until Manager balances it. Schedules are out 4 weeks. Travelers can access their schedules from home and make themselves "available" for extra shifts and make trades with other staff. Block scheduling is generally not available.
- Floating: All other Sacramento facilities. Mid-shift float to another facility is rare, but can happen.
- Floor specific orientation: 1 - 2 days on the floor with preceptor.
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients Postop recoveries - primarily vascular, Fempops, VATs, thoracic, open belly surgeries. CRRT, ECMO. Line placements are common.
- Unit: TICU
- # beds: 8
- Certs: BLS, ACLS, TNCC, NIHSS. Prefer trauma experience.
- Ratios: 1:1 - 2. 1:1 IABP and donor patients. IABP is not 1:1
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Yes, generally does not take patients, but will do break relief.
- Nurse Aides: Yes as Safety Attendants (sitters)
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
- Holidays: Rotate in with core staff
- Scrub Color: Navy - under shirts must be navy, white, or black. Scrub jackets are optional, must be navy.
- Tele: Yes, must be able to read and interpret EKG strips.
- Vents: Yes
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes, Hospitalist or Intensivist
- IV Team: Resource nurse available if needed.
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes and ICU Pharmacy open during dayshift.
- Shifts: 12 hr shifts. Shift starts 645. Report is at the bedside. OT and extra shifts are available. Self-scheduling is used, but is not finalized until Manager balances it. Schedules are out 4 weeks. Travelers can access their schedules from home and make themselves "available" for extra shifts and make trades with other staff. Block scheduling is generally not available.
- Floating: All other Sacramento facilities. Mid-shift float to another facility is rare, but can happen. Travelers are first to float.
- Floor specific orientation: 1 - 2 days on the floor with preceptor.
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: All trauma cases, CRRT, rapid infusers. Line insertions are common.
- Additional Notes: Interdiciplinary rounds are done on every patient on days.
TheraEX Staffing Services Job ID #25-58313. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN (Registered Nurse) - SICU (St. John's ICU) float to TICU
About TheraEX Staffing Services
TheraEx Staffing Services is a leading name in healthcare staffing solutions. We enroll talented professionals to provide temporary staff to fill the needs of healthcare facilities across the nation.
Benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Health Care FSA
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
- Holiday Pay
- Medical benefits
