Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit. The position provides care for critically ill adult patients requiring ventilator support, invasive monitoring, vasoactive medications, and close observation. The registered nurse manages complex medical intensive care cases while collaborating with an interdisciplinary care team.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications; at least two years of Intensive Care Unit registered nurse experience.
- Preferred Qualifications: Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification preferred.
- Schedule: Day shift, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Additional Information: Provides care for patients with respiratory failure, renal failure, sepsis, gastrointestinal bleeding, diabetic ketoacidosis, hemodynamic instability, stroke, pneumonia, cancer, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and overdose. Responsibilities include tracheostomy care, chest tube management, peripheral intravenous starts, insulin and heparin infusions, titration of vasoactive medications, management of arterial and central venous lines, ventilator support, and assistance with bedside procedures. Typical nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:1 to 1:2, with occasional 1:3 assignments. The role includes participation in orientation activities and educational modules.
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
