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: 11/17/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel PICU RN – Orange, CA Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Highlights ✅ First-time travelers welcome
✅ High-acuity, high-volume Level I Pediatric Trauma Center
✅ Work with diverse patient populations from neonates to adolescents
✅ Cutting-edge unit: Conscious sedation, CRRT, ECMO, and more
✅ Collaborative interdisciplinary support (IV team, RT, RRT, social work, pharmacy, etc.)
Job Requirements - Experience: Minimum 1.5 years of PICU experience in a high-acuity/high-census facility ( Hard Stop )
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS
- Charting System: Cerner (Preferred)
- Travel Experience: Not required, but preferred if extensions at previous facilities
Skills Required - Care of ventilated pediatric patients (birth to 18 yrs)
- Arterial line management, central/PICC line care
- CRRT, ECMO, sedation, and hemodynamic monitoring
- Complex diagnoses: neurosurgical, endocrine, cardiac, trauma, oncology, metabolic, and respiratory
- IV therapy, blood product administration, trach/airway management
- Interpretation of ABGs, pediatric dosage calculations
- Exposure to high-acuity pediatric populations is a must Scheduling & Unit Info
- Patient Ratio (Weekends): 1:1–2
- Float: Yes – NICU and CVICU primarily , but may float elsewhere
- Call: Not required
- Weekend Coverage: Every other weekend
- Scheduling Type: Self-scheduling
- Unit Size: 42 beds
- Holiday Coverage: Must be available for 2 of 3 major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's)
Facility Details - Unit: PICU
- Trauma Level: Level I (Preferred experience)
- Type: Academic teaching hospital (Preferred experience)
- Patient Ages: Neonates – Adolescents
- Support Services Available: RT, RRT, IV team, PT, OT, pharmacy, transport, and more
- Special Procedures: Lumbar puncture, intubation support, chest tube, BiPAP/CPAP, TPN/lipids, vaccine administration, etc.
COVID-19 & Flu Policy - COVID-19 Vaccine: Required (Medical/Religious Exemptions Accepted)
- Flu Vaccine: Unknown
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
Shift work, Night shift, Weekend work,