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Registered Nurse - ICU

📍 Bakersfield, california · · · 36 hrs/week

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Candidate pay rate:$82.6/hr ≈ $2,974/wk before stipends Quick apply or call (408) 441-9200

Job description

Registered Nurse - ICU

Start Date: 10-26-2026

End Date: 01-25-2027

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $82.60 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Education

  • Charting System: Cerner
  • Unit Notes: - Unit: ICU
  • # beds: 20
  • Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
  • Ratios: 1 to 1 or 1 to 2
  • EMR: Cerner
  • Charge Nurse: Nurse Shift Manager or Charge Nurse Each Shift, try to have resource nurse
  • Nurse Aides: n/a
  • Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts per 4 weeks
  • Holidays: One major and two minors at Christmas time (eves considered minors)
  • Scrub Color: Navy Blue
  • Tele: Phillips
  • Vents: Yes-RT manage, nurse troubleshoot
  • Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Not 24/7 but starting 24/7 will be on call 24/7
  • IV Team: PICC/Midline team
  • RT 24/7: in unit 24/7
  • Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
  • Call: If staff reduced, would be put on call
  • Shifts: 7a, 7p
  • Floating: ER, Tele or med surg -will be floated to sister facility - Mercy SW.
  • Floor specific orientation: Minimum 2 shifts plus one for Cerner
  • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Neuro, radical cancer surgeries, Da Vinci, abdominal cases, urology cases, CVA, TPA, not a specific cardiac facility, so true cardiac needing intervention gets sent to memorial, small amount vascular surgery, respiratory failure, sepsis typically no peds, rotaprone, glycemic control, oncology patients
  • Additional Notes: Nurses will work both campuses but rare they would float mid shift
  • night shift minimum 2 yrs. experience for both campuses
  • Years of Experience: 2
  • Shift Notes: Days, EOW, first to float
  • Specialty: ICU
  • Start Date: 2026-10-26
  • End Date: 2027-01-25
  • Created Date: 2026-10-06
  • Required Hours/Week: 36
  • Positions: 1
  • Short Description: RN (Registered Nurse)
  • Contract Type:

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Ready to start your next adventure as a Registered Nurse - ICU? Let's get you moving forward!

Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.

Why UHCS

Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.