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Intensive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in San Luis Obispo, CA for RNs

Find Top RN Intensive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in San Luis Obispo, California

AMN Healthcare can help you find the top ICU travel nurse jobs in and around San Luis Obispo, California. We currently offer 1 of the best available nurse travel jobs in the San Luis Obispo area. We have new jobs updating daily, so be sure to Apply Now so our specialists can make sure you get first crack. We make it easy for you to compare San Luis Obispo’s ICU nursing jobs by allowing you to filter based on salary, shift type, location or duration to find the right job for you.

An ICU travel nurse salary in the San Luis Obispo area is excellent.
As of May 1, 2025, the average Intensive Care Unit travel nurse working in San Luis Obispo and surrounding areas earned about $2,221 weekly. Today you can find ICU jobs with a salary range from $2,134 per week.

San Luis Obispo is a great location for ICU travel nurses to come live, work and play! And what is a travel nurse looking for if not a great work/life balance in a fun city? Search for jobs below or apply now and our AMN Healthcare team will help get you started!

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Search Top Paying Intensive Care Unit Jobs in or near San Luis Obispo

We have 1 Intensive Care Unit jobs in San Luis Obispo, CA and 12 Intensive Care Unit travel jobs in California, and 312 total Nationwide. If you’re not finding what you’re looking for immediately, sign up for the AMN Passport App today and we’ll connect you directly with a recruiter.

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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • San Luis Obispo, California – 93401
  • 12 N,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$2,134 to $2,352
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Bakersfield, California – 93301
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 93 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$3,024 to $3,333
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Monterey, California – 93940
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 114 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$2,216 to $2,443
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Bishop, California – 93514
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 191 miles
  • 12 N,
  • August 4, 2025
  • 13
$2,106 to $2,321
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right individual to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Walnut Creek, California – 94596
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 197 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$2,833 to $3,122
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Lodi, California – 95240
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 200 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$2,056 to $2,688
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • San Diego, California – 92123
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 267 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 8, 2025
  • 13
$3,215 to $4,204
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Reno, Nevada – 89502
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 297 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$1,900 to $2,094
Weekly Pay*
650 bed Level 2 Trauma center and Teaching hospital 27 bed Beacon Designation Intensive Care Unit that provides multidisciplinary care to a variety of patients with a specialty in caring for trauma and surgical patient population. The unit cares for patients that include a wide range of traumatic injuries including Spinal Cord Injuries, TBI, Extremity Fractures, and Solid Organ Injuries. Also cares for surgical patients including Craniotomies, Craniectomies, and Multiple Bowel Surgeries. Our goal is the provision of clinical excellence and exceptional customer service in a collaborative, multidisciplinary, patient- centered environment.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Chico, California – 95926
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 314 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$2,370 to $2,612
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Chico, California – 95926
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 314 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$2,370 to $2,612
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Fort Bragg, California – 95437
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 335 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,982 to $2,184
Weekly Pay*
ACLS required and PALS preferred. Cerner experience a big plus. This unit provides intensive, comprehensive care and monitoring for medical, surgical, and cardiac patients having experienced shock, trauma, or other life-threatening conditions. This unit supports a mix of medical, surgical, and cardiac intensive patients. Located where miles of breathtaking ocean views meet dense coastal forests, Adventist Health Mendocino County has a rich history serving community members on the coast since 1971. We are comprised of a 25-bed critical access hospital and offer a range of services in Fort Bragg. The Mendocino Coast offers a small-town atmosphere and is known for its natural beauty, from the smallest to the tallest redwoods in the world, to glass bottom beaches and the only oceanfront botanical gardens in the United States. With whale watching, fishing, hiking trails and many more outdoor adventures readily available, this coastal region is a place to immerse yourself in its landscape and history. Job Summary: Delivers coordinated nursing care for a patient or an assigned group of patients according to established standards of care and the nursing process. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing staff, and coordinates care with other disciplines while utilizing critical thinking, professional and supervisory discretion, and independent judgment. Job Requirements: Education and Work Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred Acute care facility experience: Preferred Licenses/Certifications: Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification: Required Essential Functions: Collects relevant data pertinent to the patient?s health or situation. Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnosis and care issues. Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain outcomes. Implements the plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment. Evaluates progress toward attaining outcomes. Identifies outcomes for the patient or the patient?s situation. Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment. Provides learning opportunities for patients/family members and team members. Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team. Participates in discharge planning in order to provide continuity of care. Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of healthcare team members. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Fort Bragg, California – 95437
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 335 miles
  • 12 D, 12 E, 12 N,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$1,982 to $2,184
Weekly Pay*
ACLS required and PALS preferred. Cerner experience a big plus. This unit provides intensive, comprehensive care and monitoring for medical, surgical, and cardiac patients having experienced shock, trauma, or other life-threatening conditions. This unit supports a mix of medical, surgical, and cardiac intensive patients. Located where miles of breathtaking ocean views meet dense coastal forests, Adventist Health Mendocino County has a rich history serving community members on the coast since 1971. We are comprised of a 25-bed critical access hospital and offer a range of services in Fort Bragg. The Mendocino Coast offers a small-town atmosphere and is known for its natural beauty, from the smallest to the tallest redwoods in the world, to glass bottom beaches and the only oceanfront botanical gardens in the United States. With whale watching, fishing, hiking trails and many more outdoor adventures readily available, this coastal region is a place to immerse yourself in its landscape and history. Job Summary: Delivers coordinated nursing care for a patient or an assigned group of patients according to established standards of care and the nursing process. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing staff, and coordinates care with other disciplines while utilizing critical thinking, professional and supervisory discretion, and independent judgment. Job Requirements: Education and Work Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred Acute care facility experience: Preferred Licenses/Certifications: Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification: Required Essential Functions: Collects relevant data pertinent to the patient?s health or situation. Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnosis and care issues. Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain outcomes. Implements the plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment. Evaluates progress toward attaining outcomes. Identifies outcomes for the patient or the patient?s situation. Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment. Provides learning opportunities for patients/family members and team members. Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team. Participates in discharge planning in order to provide continuity of care. Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of healthcare team members. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Lake Havasu City, Arizona – 86403
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 363 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,857 to $2,047
Weekly Pay*
Nurses are required to respond to trauma red calls, code blue calls, and rapid response calls for the facility. The facility has cardiovascular surgical patients in the ICU along with trauma, and a blended ICU with a vast vareity of patients.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Lake Havasu City, Arizona – 86403
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 363 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 28, 2025
  • 13
$1,857 to $2,047
Weekly Pay*
Nurses are required to respond to trauma red calls, code blue calls, and rapid response calls for the facility. The facility has cardiovascular surgical patients in the ICU along with trauma, and a blended ICU with a vast vareity of patients.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Lake Havasu City, Arizona – 86403
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 363 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$1,857 to $2,047
Weekly Pay*
Nurses are required to respond to trauma red calls, code blue calls, and rapid response calls for the facility. The facility has cardiovascular surgical patients in the ICU along with trauma, and a blended ICU with a vast vareity of patients.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Yuma, Arizona – 85367
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 388 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 17, 2025
  • 13
$2,034 to $2,241
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Arcata, California – 95521
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 428 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$2,190 to $2,413
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Elko, Nevada – 89801
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 467 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,987 to $2,190
Weekly Pay*
Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and strives to provide quality healthcare to northeast Nevada residents. Explore the Elko Area: Northeastern Nevada’s largest town packs a visit of any length with a combination of epic outdoor action, artsy vibes, and hands-on history in ways few places can. Colorful murals blanket old brick buildings that house buckaroo bars, Basque food joints, art galleries, leather shops, museums, and more. Meanwhile, just a half-hour south lie the fabled Ruby Mountains, a recreational paradise for hikers, bikers, fishermen, skiers, or simply Sunday drivers seeking solace among alpine lakes, flowing streams, and peaks that scratch up to around 13,000′ of elevation. If you drive down I-80 and pass Elko without a visit, you’re missing out.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Phoenix, Arizona – 85013
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 506 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,818 to $2,003
Weekly Pay*
This top-ranked unit seeks the right RN to join its team of energetic, committed healthcare professionals. This unit takes pride in providing comfortable, comprehensive experiences for patients. If you are ready to join a caring staff within beautiful surroundings, and are a driven and experienced professional, this is the role for you!
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Phoenix, Arizona – 85013
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 506 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$1,818 to $2,003
Weekly Pay*
This top-ranked unit seeks the right RN to join its team of energetic, committed healthcare professionals. This unit takes pride in providing comfortable, comprehensive experiences for patients. If you are ready to join a caring staff within beautiful surroundings, and are a driven and experienced professional, this is the role for you!
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Chandler, Arizona – 85224
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 521 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,818 to $2,003
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Tuba City, Arizona – 86045
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 532 miles
  • 12 D, 12 E, 12 N,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$2,069 to $2,280
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Globe, Arizona – 85501
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 578 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$2,210 to $2,436
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Intensive Care – ICU
  • Tucson, Arizona – 85755
    Distance from San Luis Obispo: 598 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 1, 2025
  • 13
$1,544 to $1,702
Weekly Pay*
This position presents an opportunity to join an elite team of passionate physicians and nurses within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You’ll find a challenging and rewarding environment where patient care is firmly rooted in compassion, innovation, and a drive for great outcomes. This highly esteemed facility welcomes creative, energetic caregivers. – 75 bed community hospital using Cerner charting
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Statistics on ICU RN Jobs in San Luis Obispo, California

Here are some helpful statistics about ICU traveling nurse jobs in & near San Luis Obispo. The data is based on the last three complete months of ICU job postings in the San Luis Obispo and nearby areas. It is updated regularly, so you can find the most recent Intensive Care Unit job salary trends, the types of shifts, and contract durations most commonly available in San Luis Obispo and more. Find out more about travel nursing salaries.

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FAQs About Travel ICU Nursing Jobs for RNs in San Luis Obispo, CA

What are the top paying Intensive Care Unit jobs currently available in or near San Luis Obispo?

What types of shifts are most common for ICU travel jobs in San Luis Obispo?

Based on the last 6 months of travel nurse jobs data, 12 Hour Night shifts were the most common in San Luis Obispo and surrounding areas.

How many Intensive Care Unit travel nursing jobs are available in San Luis Obispo?

There are currently 1 Intensive Care Unit travel nursing jobs available in San Luis Obispo. We also get new nursing specialties jobs daily, so be sure to apply now and a recruiter will help you find the perfect fit as jobs become available.

How much does a day shift Intensive Care Unit nurse make on average in San Luis Obispo and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Day shift Intensive Care Unit nurse in San Luis Obispo can make an average of $2,290 per week based on recent job availability.

How much does a night shift Intensive Care Unit nurse make on average in San Luis Obispo and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Night shift Intensive Care Unit nurse in San Luis Obispo can make an average of $2,267 per week based on recent job availability data.

What hospitals and healthcare facilities have Intensive Care Unit staff in or near San Luis Obispo?

  • Tenet – Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo
  • Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton (18.6 miles from San Luis Obispo)
  • Adventist Health Hanford in Hanford (91.9 miles from San Luis Obispo)
  • Adventist Health Bakersfield in Bakersfield (92.7 miles from San Luis Obispo)

How much does an Intensive Care Unit travel nurse make on average in San Luis Obispo?

An Intensive Care Unit nurse in San Luis Obispo can make an average of $2,249 per week.

What is the most common contract for Intensive Care Unit travel jobs in San Luis Obispo?

Based on recent data, the most common duration for a Intensive Care Unit job in San Luis Obispo is 13 weeks.

Locating Intensive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in San Luis Obispo

In San Luis Obispo, facilities like Tenet – Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, all offer ICU departments.

Other popular cities near San Luis Obispo’s ICU job opportunities are Pismo Beach (9.7 miles), Morro Bay (11.5 miles) and Arroyo Grande (12 miles). These are near to zip codes: 93465 (18.6 miles), 93230 (91.9 miles) and 93301 (92.7 miles).

San Luis Obispo Hospitals With ICU Departments

There are 3 hospitals & healthcare facilities that have ICU nurses in San Luis Obispo. Sometimes it is useful to see what types of shifts, contract durations, and travel nurse housing in nearby neighborhoods each facility might offer in order to find the right opportunity for your next traveling ICU nurse position in or nearby San Luis Obispo.

Tenet – Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center
Shifts
8 D, 8 E, 8 N, 10 D, 10 E, 10 N, 12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
8 wks, 9 wks, 11 wks, 12 wks, and 13 wks
Departments
Emergency Room RN, Endoscopy Registered Nurse, Infection Control, Intensive Care Unit RN, Interventional Radiology, Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse, Medical Surgical Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Operating Room RN, Operating Room Surgical Technology, Operating Room Surgical Technology, Operation Room Nursing Surgical Technology, Operation Room Nursing Surgical Technology, Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse, and Sterile Processing Tech
Address
1010 MURRAY AVE.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Twin Cities Community Hospital
Shifts
8 D, 10 D, 12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
12 wks, 13 wks, and 26 wks
Departments
Emergency Room RN, First Assist Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit RN, Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse, Occupational Health Physician Assistant, Operating Room RN, Operation Room Nursing Surgical Technology, Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse, and Telemetry RN
Address
1100 LAS TABLAS RD.
Templeton, CA 93465
* Estimate of payments is intended for informational purposes and includes hourly wages, as well as reimbursements for meal & incidental expenses and housing expenses incurred on behalf of the Company. Please speak with a recruiter for additional details.