Location: San Francisco, CA

Start Date: 02-24-2026

End Date: 05-26-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: 3x12-Hour Day Shift, 07:00 AM - 07:30 PM, 3 shifts/week (Day shift)

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $67 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-quality post-anesthesia care: monitor patients, manage airways, and support recovery from anesthesia
• Assess and manage pain effectively using best-practice approaches and multimodal strategies
• Perform pre-op assessments and provide clear pre/post-op education and discharge instructions
• Initiate and maintain IV therapy and cardiac monitoring with timely recognition of dysrhythmias
• Collaborate with anesthesiologists, surgeons, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe transitions of care
• Follow Malignant Hyperthermia Protocols and respond to perioperative emergencies with calm and competence
• Support Phase I/Phase II recovery and float to pre-op and extended care units when needed

Qualifications

• Current CA RN License required
• AHA BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications required
• Minimum 2 years adult PACU experience in inpatient or outpatient settings
• Comfortable with airway management, anesthesia recovery, and pain management
• Willing and able to float to other UCSF campus locations as needed
• COVID-19 vaccine plus booster required (medical/religious exemptions only)
• Preferred: CCRN or CPAN certification and 2 years adult critical care experience

Knowledge & Skills

• PACU nursing and post-op care best practices
• Airway assessment and management
• Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) and conscious sedation familiarity
• Cardiac monitoring and dysrhythmia recognition/management
• IV therapy, phlebotomy, and medication administration (including narcotics and reversal agents)
• Pain assessment & management and RASS (Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale)
• Malignant Hyperthermia Protocol and perioperative emergency response
• Pre-op assessment, education, and effective discharge planning

Benefits

• A supportive team that values YOU — work with skilled clinicians and collaborative leaders
• Licensure assistance & reimbursement to help you keep your CA RN credentials current
• Paid time off to recharge and maintain your work-life balance
• Professional development support — grow your PACU and critical care skills on the job
• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage options to keep you and your family healthy
• Life Insurance and workplace protections for peace of mind
• Referral bonus program to reward you for great teammates
• Travel reimbursement and local housing resources for contract clinicians

Travel Perks: Explore San Francisco, CA

San Francisco is your playground: stroll or bike across the Golden Gate Bridge, explore Fisherman’s Wharf and Pier 39, visit Alcatraz Island, and wander Golden Gate Park and the Presidio. Food lovers will relish the diverse culinary scene and farmers’ markets, and weekend escapes to Muir Woods, Point Reyes, or Napa/Sonoma wine country are easy drives. Museums like SFMOMA, the Exploratorium, and cultural neighborhoods (Mission, Chinatown, Haight-Ashbury) offer endless off-duty adventures.

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