Travel Registered Nurse - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit - Los Angeles, CA

Travel assignment, 16 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 30, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,384 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25 an hour plus $1,483.73 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) - Los Angeles, CA. This position provides specialized care for infants and pediatric patients in an intensive care setting. The role requires strong pediatric critical care expertise, advanced clinical skills, and the ability to work night shifts in a high-acuity environment.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); active California nursing license with no temporary licenses accepted; American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications; minimum of 2 years of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) experience; experience with electronic charting; competency in pediatric dosage calculations, ventilator management, airway care, arterial line management, central line and implanted line care, continuous sedation, hemodynamic monitoring, intravenous vasopressors, blood product administration, dysrhythmia management, chest tubes, tracheostomy care, renal support therapies, and emergency clinical interventions.
• Preferred Qualifications: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) experience; previous charge experience; experience in a Level I trauma setting.
• Schedule: Night shifts, 3 shifts of 12 hours each, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; approximately 4–5 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule.
• Additional Information: The patient population includes infants and pediatric patients, with an average daily census of 24. Clinical support services include physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, lift teams, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretary support. Clinical responsibilities may include care of ventilated patients, continuous renal replacement therapy, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, external ventricular drain management, intracranial pressure monitoring, high-flow nasal cannula management, post-cardiac and post-neurosurgical care, transplant care, procedural sedation, telemetry monitoring, and wound care.

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