Location: Redding, CA

Start Date: 09-15-2026

End Date: 12-15-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: 12-hour day shifts, 6:45 AM - 7:15 PM, every other weekend; travelers are first to float

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $77 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.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive critical care to trauma, neuro-stroke, and head injury patients in a fast-paced 30-bed ICU
• Monitor and interpret telemetry and EKG strips, intervening promptly on dysrhythmias
• Manage ventilated patients and titrate vasopressors and sedation to maintain hemodynamic stability
• Perform thorough neuro assessments and manage ICP monitoring and ventriculostomies
• Collaborate with a 24/7 intensivist team, respiratory therapists, and charge nurses to deliver optimal patient outcomes
• Document accurately in Cerner EMR and advocate for each patient's plan of care

Qualifications

• Active RN license in California or compact state
• Two or more years of ICU experience, with trauma ICU experience strongly preferred
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications required
• NIHSS certification required; PALS preferred and required if staying longer than six months
• Hands-on experience with ICP monitoring and ventriculostomies, or strong recent experience with post-TPA patients
• Ability to pass a proctored dysrhythmia test on day one
• Travel nursing experience and flexibility to float to PCU, CICU, tele, or med-surg as needed

Knowledge & Skills

• Critical care nursing and trauma assessment
• Telemetry monitoring and dysrhythmia interpretation
• Ventilator management and airway support
• Vasopressor and sedation titration
• ICP monitoring and ventriculostomy care
• Neuro-stroke and post-TPA care
• Cerner EMR documentation and GE telemetry systems

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401(K) retirement savings plan
• Housing stipend assistance
• Travel reimbursement
• Licensure reimbursement
• A supportive team that values your contribution

Travel Perks: Explore Redding, CA

Set in the beautiful North State, Redding offers an outdoor enthusiast's paradise. Walk across the iconic Sundial Bridge, explore Turtle Bay Exploration Park, or spend your days off kayaking and paddleboarding on Shasta Lake. Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is a short drive away, and Lassen Volcanic National Park makes for a spectacular weekend adventure.

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