Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Mission Viejo, CA
Cross Country Healthcare$2,484/wk2 openings in Mission Viejo, CAContractPosted 1w agoStill open, checked every night- Nurse-to-patient ratio 1:2
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
- ACLS
- Compact (multistate) license
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California
2 open- $2,484/wk
Mission Viejo, CA (opens on this page)
Contract · Posted 1w ago
- $2,484/wk
Mission Viejo, CA (opens on this page)
Contract · Posted 1w ago
How this pay compares
This assignment posts $2,484 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel ICU nurse assignments post a median of $2,204 a week, the middle half $1,983 to $2,432, across 1,629 assignments, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
What California law requires of the employer
- ICU nurse-to-patient ratio: California critical care units must keep a licensed nurse for every two patients or fewer, at all times. Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 70217(a)(1) (source: Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 70217(a)(1))
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About the job
Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 17, 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,484 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25 an hour plus $1,584.29 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit. This float-pool position provides care for adult and geriatric patients across intensive care and lower-acuity units. The role requires flexibility for floating, weekend coverage, and working three of five major holidays.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: Minimum of 1 year of nursing experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; compact state license in hand at submission; experience with a patient ratio of 1:2; required charting system experience.
- Preferred Qualifications: Trauma Level I or Trauma Level II experience.
- Schedule: Night shift; 12-hour shifts; minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information: The position involves floating between intensive care units and lower-acuity units, including telemetry. Weekend coverage requires a minimum of every other weekend and may exceed that schedule based on unit needs. The role requires working three of five major holidays. Clinical responsibilities may include ventilator care, central line management, arterial line management, blood product administration, continuous intravenous sedation, vasoactive medication titration, dysrhythmia management, stroke care, renal failure management, and care for patients with multisystem organ dysfunction.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
From Cross Country Healthcare's job posting for Mission Viejo, CA, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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National healthcare staffing company in Boca Raton, Florida, placing travel nurses, allied professionals and therapists, with local contract and per diem work too. Source: Cross Country, Travel FAQs
Based in Boca Raton, FLHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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