Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit
San Diego, California
Staffing partner
Posted Sep 4 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour days
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- PCU/IMU float pool
- Contract
- 18 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 7:00 to 19:00
- Nurse to patient
- 1:3–1:5
- Term
- 18 weeks · starts Sep 21, 2026 · Travel
- On the floor
- Floating required
- Practice
- Epic charting
- Setting
- Hospital
stated in this posting
More role details
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
- Unit
- PCU/IMU float pool
- Patients
- PCU/IMU float pool position covering general medicine, surgical, neuro, onc, cardiac, and ortho patients
- Scheduling
- No self-scheduling
Pay
- Travel package
- Housing provided
About this role
Assignment Overview
- Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
- Hours: 36 hrs/wk
- Start Date: Sep 21, 2026
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- Length: 18 weeks
- Openings: 1
American Traveler is hiring a PCU Float RN with active CA license, 2 years of PCU experience, and willingness to float across multiple hospital locations.
Details
- PCU/IMU float pool position covering general medicine, surgical, neuro, onc, cardiac, and ortho patients
- Float coverage across 4 locations: Thornton (La Jolla), Jacobs (La Jolla), Hillcrest, and East Campus (La Mesa)
- May float to EDIP (Emergency Department Inpatient overflow in the ER)
- Patient ratios vary by unit: IMU 1:3, Tele 1:4, MS 1:5
- Day shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts from 7:00 to 19:00
- 4-week schedule provided two weeks in advance with no blocked or self-scheduling
- Assigned facility for each shift communicated via phone call 2 hours prior to shift start
- May be reassigned primarily to a new East Campus unit requiring cardiology/neuro skills if activated during the contract
- Uses Epic and Pyxis systems
Requirements
- Active CA RN license required at time of consideration
- Minimum 2 years of PCU experience required
- Minimum 1 year of acute care experience required
- Minimum 1 year of specialty experience within the past 2 years for specialized units
- Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
- IV start, telemetry, phlebotomy, and A-line experience required
- Two supervisory/manager references required, including at least one from the specific unit within the past year
- Full 7-year work history with any gaps explained
Additional Information
- Float pool position requiring flexibility to work across all assigned PCU units and float down to Med-Surg based on census needs
- Must be willing and able to work at all 4 designated float locations throughout the contract
- Holiday coverage required: must work 2 of the following 3 holiday periods - Christmas Eve/Day, Thanksgiving Day/day after, New Year's Eve/Day
- New Employee Orientation (NEO) attendance required on designated dates
- Previous UCSD employees must disclose this at time of consideration and receive UCSD approval prior to assignment
- Candidates must be separated from UCSD for at least 1 year to return as a traveler
- Local candidates accepted at the same pay rate
- First-time travelers are welcome to apply
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Requirements
- Active CA RN license required at time of consideration
- Minimum 2 years of PCU experience required
- Minimum 1 year of acute care experience required
- Minimum 1 year of specialty experience within the past 2 years for specialized units
- Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
- IV start, telemetry, phlebotomy, and A-line experience required
- Two supervisory/manager references required, including at least one from the specific unit within the past year
- Full 7-year work history with any gaps explained
Place
- City
- San Diego, California
- Median rent
- $2,313/mo
- Local household income
- $108,077/yr
- Metro price level
- 12% above the national average
- Campus
- Thornton (La Jolla), Jacobs (La Jolla), Hillcrest, and East Campus (La Mesa)
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
San Diego area index 111.9, where 100 is the national average.
San Diego pairs year-round beach weather with a laid-back outdoor lifestyle that makes it easy to trade scrubs for surfboards after a shift. Balboa Park offers trails and museums, while neighborhoods like Hillcrest give nurses walkable dining and nightlife options.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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American Traveler is a travel nursing staffing agency that places experienced registered nurses in temporary 13-week contract assignments at hospitals across multiple states. Assignments are located in diverse geographic settings, from Rapid City, SD, to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Atlanta,…
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Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
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