About This Role
This intensivist role centers on delivering direct patient care in our Medical and Cardiac ICUs, managing critically ill patients across both units. You'll work alongside an established team of experienced intensivists and collaborate daily with nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other specialists to optimize patient outcomes. The position includes an academic component, allowing you to contribute to teaching and professional development alongside your clinical responsibilities. This is ideal for a physician who thrives in high-acuity environments, values collegial teamwork, and wants to balance hands-on critical care with educational opportunities. You should be board-certified or board-eligible in critical care medicine with strong communication skills and a commitment to evidence-based practice.
$38–$60/hr
Hospital ICU / Hospital
12-hour day/night
RN license
Location & Routes
- Base city: Orland, CA
Hiring Process
- Apply — Submit your application online
- Review — A recruiter reviews your qualifications
- Background check — Standard employment and license verification
- Start your assignment — Begin your nursing role
Requirements
Active RN license required.
1–2+ years of ICU/critical care experience.
BLS and ACLS required. CCRN preferred.
Ability to stand for long shifts, lift up to 50 lbs, and assist with patient transfers.
Frequently asked questions
What ICU experience do I need?
Most ICU roles require 1–2 years of recent critical-care experience. Travel ICU contracts typically expect 2+ years. New grads can apply to ICU residency programs offered by many hospitals.
Which certifications are required?
BLS and ACLS are required. CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse) is preferred and often comes with a pay differential.
What does the schedule look like?
Most ICU positions run three 12-hour shifts per week — either days (7a–7p) or nights (7p–7a) — with weekend and holiday rotations.
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Nursing Jobs in Orland, CA
Orland is a working healthcare town: Cedars-Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, UCSF Health, Stanford, and Sutter Health drive consistent demand year-round. Most nursing openings around Orland, California fall into three buckets — staff hospital roles, per diem and PRN shifts, and travel/agency assignments tied to ICU, ER, labor & delivery, and travel nurse contracts.
If you live in or near Orland, you can usually choose between a staff hospital position close to home or a travel/agency contract paying premium rates. Compensation in California reflects premium California RN pay driven by mandated 1:5 nurse-to-patient ratios; California is not part of the NLC compact, and experienced RNs — especially with ICU, ER, or labor & delivery experience — see noticeably stronger offers from Orland-area employers.
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Full Job Details
Intensivist - Medical & Cardiac ICU at AdventHealth Orlando! AdventHealth Orlando is seeking a dynamic, energetic intensivist to join our Medical & Cardiac ICU team. This is an opportunity to practice high-acuity critical care alongside an experienced, established group of intensivists and a collaborative multidisciplinary team - with a meaningful academic role built in. About the role: Provide high-quality critical care across our medical and cardiac-medical ICUs, including shifts at our South campus quaternary care center and other moderate-to-large ICUs within the Central Florida Division. Contribute to teaching and mentorship in partnership with our Internal Medicine Residency and Critical Care Fellowship programs. Help shape the future of our critical care service through ongoing program development. Responsibilities: Support clinical quality in the Medical ICU, including quality metrics and participation in quality assurance teams. Educate advanced practice providers (APPs), critical care fellows, and new staff. Participate in program development and growth initiatives. Requirements: Board certification in Critical Care Medicine (ABIM). Experience in medical ICU settings. Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships across both private-practice and employed-physician models. About Us Verbiage AdventHealth Orlando is an internationally renowned hospital that specializes in life-saving medical treatments, preventative care and pioneering research. Our healing network includes 30 hospitals and more than 100 extended service locations across the state of Florida. Everything we do is designed to fulfill our ultimate goal - to help people live a healthier, fuller life in mind, body and spirit. AdventHealth is a network of ten hospitals around the greater Orlando area, which total approximately 3,000 beds. AdventHealth operates many hospitals across nine different states; 30 of which are in Florida. Our mission has remained the same and is to Extend the Healing Ministry of Christ. Since 1908, AdventHealth Orlando has cared for the Central Florida community as well as patients from around the world. AdventHealth Orlando is an acute-care, tertiary hospital caring for approximately 300,000 patients a year. As the primary campus for more than 1,000 physicians, AdventHealth Orlando is home to nationally recognized Centers of Excellence for Cancer, Cardiology, Children, Diabetes, Neuroscience, Orthopaedics, and Abdominal and Cardiothoracic Transplant. AdventHealth Orlando was named a Best Hospital by the magazine U.S. News & World Report. The hospital was ranked No. 1 in the Orlando metro area, and No. 4 in the state. It is the 14th year in a row AdventHealth Orlando has claimed the top spot in Orlando. In addition, the hospital was ranked among the top 50 in the nation for four specialties: diabetes and endocrinology; neurology and neurosurgery; obstetrics and gynecology and ear, nose and throat.