Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Santa Cruz, CA
- Nurse-to-patient ratio 1:1 to 1:2
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
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How this pay compares
This assignment posts $2,364 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 within 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 days, 36 hours a week, starting 7 Dec 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,364 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25 an hour plus $1,464.48 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) position in an acute care setting providing care for adult and pediatric patients with complex medical, neurological, cardiac, trauma, and critical care conditions. The role primarily follows 12-hour day shifts and may include floating to telemetry based on staffing and operational needs.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week; every other weekend requirement.
- Required Qualifications:
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
- Minimum of 2 years of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) experience
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Care may include adult and pediatric patients with medical-surgical, neurological, cardiac, trauma, overdose, diabetic ketoacidosis, tissue plasminogen activator, hypothermia, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, endovascular aneurysm repair, and other complex critical care needs.
- Typical nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:1 or 1:2.
- The role may include caring for patients requiring balloon pumps, intracranial pressure monitoring, coronary artery bypass graft recovery, continuous renal replacement therapy, intra-aortic balloon pump support, and other advanced therapies following required education and competency validation.
- The role may float to telemetry.
- The unit includes a 24-hour intensivist presence, respiratory therapy coverage, pharmacy coverage, and daytime intravenous therapy support.
- Orientation includes two shifts in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), followed by independent practice on the third shift.
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, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Cross Country Healthcare
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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