Location: San Antonio, TX

Start Date: 12-22-2025

End Date: 03-23-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Rotating 12-hour day and night shifts: 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM and 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM; typically 3 shifts per week with every-other-weekend rotation (rotating schedule, day/night)

Hours per Week: 38

Candidate Pay Rate: $46 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 high-acuity critical care to adult ICU and COVID patients with compassion and clinical excellence
• Manage vasoactive drips and perform continuous hemodynamic monitoring to keep patients stable
• Operate and monitor advanced support modalities including ECMO and CRRT as clinically indicated
• Document timely and accurate patient care in Meditech and communicate clear handoffs to the team
• Collaborate with physicians, therapists and multidisciplinary staff to develop and implement individualized care plans
• Perform critical procedures and assist with chest tube and central line insertions when needed
• Float to other areas per unit policy when patient needs require flexibility and teamwork

Qualifications

• Active Texas RN license required (temporary licenses will not be accepted)
• ACLS and BLS certifications required
• NIH certification required (as listed)
• Minimum 2+ years of ICU/critical care experience (COVID ICU experience strongly preferred)
• Comfortable managing vasoactive drips and interpreting hemodynamic data
• ECMO and CRRT experience preferred; Meditech experience preferred

Education

• Registered Nurse (RN) — Active Texas RN license required; unit certifications (ACLS, BLS, NIH) required

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong knowledge of critical care nursing and ICU protocols
• Proficiency with vasoactive medications and advanced hemodynamic monitoring
• Experience with ECMO and CRRT equipment and monitoring (preferred)
• Skilled documentation in Meditech or similar electronic medical record systems
• Ability to work in high-acuity COVID ICU settings with calm, decisive clinical judgment
• Excellent communication, teamwork and patient/family collaboration skills

Benefits

• Supportive team that values you — experienced clinicians and leadership who have your back
• Generous travel perks and housing assistance to make relocation easy and stress-free
• Flexible scheduling with 3 shifts/week to help you balance life and work
• Professional development support — continuing education and certification encouragement
• Comprehensive onboarding to get you comfortable with ECMO, CRRT and unit workflows
• Licensure assistance guidance and documentation support for credentialing
• Paid time off options so you can recharge between assignments
• A respectful workplace culture with strong patient-focus and teamwork

Travel Perks: Explore San Antonio, TX

San Antonio is a fantastic assignment destination — wander the famous River Walk lined with restaurants and shops, visit The Alamo and the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, explore the trendy Pearl District for great food and farmers markets, or catch family-fun at Six Flags Fiesta Texas and SeaWorld. Weekend day trips include the Texas Hill Country (Fredericksburg wineries, Enchanted Rock) and Austin is an easy drive for live music and eclectic dining. Sunny weather, rich Tex-Mex cuisine and plenty of cultural attractions make San Antonio a travel-nurse favorite.

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