Job Summary
Kansas City, MO — ICU Float Nurse, Intensive Care Unit Float — This role involves providing specialized nursing care within the ICU setting, with responsibilities including trauma patient management, ventilator management, and cardiac rhythm identification. The position offers a 48-hour guaranteed schedule beginning on November 30, 2026, at a Level 1 Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center.
Job Details
- Position Description: ICU Float Nurse responsible for managing trauma patients, administering vasoactive medications via intravenous, ventilator care, chest tube management, post-operative surgical patient care, and cardiac rhythm monitoring. Procedures performed include chest tube placement, ventriculostomy, moderate sedation, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), therapeutic hypothermia, ECMO, arterial line and central line placement.
- Required Qualifications: Current ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS certifications; ICU experience required; location in Kansas City, MO; minimum 0 years of experience; schedule includes 3 12-hour shifts with every other weekend or 4 weekend shifts in a 4-week schedule period.
- Preferred Qualifications: TNCC certification is preferred but not mandatory.
- Additional Information: The role involves unit-specific policies, including documentation in Meditech and adherence to dress code requirements (navy or black scrub bottoms, solid color jackets and undershirts, navy scrub top). The facility features state-of-the-art equipment and is a designated Level 1 Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center, with a staff experienced in emergency and critical care procedures.
- Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours each, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
