Job Description

Job Description

HonorVet Technologies is seeking a travel nurse RN PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Orange, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 12/15/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days, nights, flexible
• Employment Type: Travel

Unit Details

• Unit Type: PICU
• Beds: 42
• Documentation: Cerner
• Float Requirement: Yes (primarily NICU & CVICU; may go to other areas if needed)
• Call Requirement: Yes
• Weekend Requirement: Every other / per staffing needs
• Scheduling: 12-hour shifts
• Provider Coverage: Intensivists, hospitalists, NPs, anesthesiology, CRNA, residents & fellows
• Support Services: RT, Radiology, Pharmacy, RRT, PT, Social Services, Transport, IV teams, Lift teams

Patient Population & Diagnoses

• Ages birth to 18 years
• High-acuity critical care
• Respiratory failure, metabolic disorders, endocrinology, oncology, neurosurgery, cardiology, Level 1 trauma
• Complex multi-system instability

Special Procedures

• Conscious sedation
• CRRT
• ECMO
• Management of invasive lines
• Advanced pediatric hemodynamic monitoring

Certifications Required

• BLS
• PALS
• (ACLS, APHON, CPHON, NRP, NIHSS preferred depending on hospital but not required unless noted)

Skills/Experience Requirements

• Hard Stop: Minimum 2 years recent experience in a high-acuity, high-census PICU
• Must have strong experience with:
  • Pediatric ventilators & airway management
  • High-flow, BiPAP/CPAP
  • Drips, sedation, emergency meds
  • Hemodynamic monitoring
  • Arterial line management
  • Central line care
  • EVD/ICP monitoring
  • Dysrhythmia interpretation & management
  • Blood products
  • Pediatric dosage calculations
• Must be comfortable with:
  • High acuity
  • High census
  • Academic-style workflows

Other Notes

• Prefers clinicians with academic facility experience
• Prefers travelers who completed 8+ week assignments or extensions at similar high-acuity hospitals
• Orientation: 1 shift on unit + hospital orientation
• 1 RTO request allowed (varies)

About HonorVet Technologies

HonorVet Technologies: Pioneering Purpose, Empowering Heroes

Founded in 2015, HonorVet Technologies stands as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) , proudly certified by NaVOBA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs . Our mission goes beyond staffing—we are committed to transforming lives by addressing the critical unemployment challenges faced by veterans.

As a Joint Commission-certified clinical staffing agency , we deliver unmatched expertise in placing top-tier healthcare professionals—RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs/CMAs, and NPs—across diverse facilities, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, old-age homes, schools, correctional facilities, and more.

At HonorVet, we don't just fill roles; we bridge gaps, uplift communities, and honor the ones who served.

Benefits

• Vision benefits
• License and certification reimbursement
• Continuing Education
• Medical benefits
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Dental benefits
• Guaranteed Hours
• Mileage reimbursement
• Referral bonus
• Bereavement
• Holiday Pay
• Sick pay
• Retention bonus

Job Tags

Flexible hours, Shift work, Night shift, Weekend work,

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