Job Summary
Intensive Care Unit, Puyallup, WA. The Registered Nurse will provide care for high-acuity intensive care and progressive care patients, including those with respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, diabetic ketoacidosis, sepsis, and complicated postoperative conditions. The position requires strong intensive care experience, advanced clinical assessment skills, and the ability to manage complex therapies and invasive lines.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: At least 1 year of intensive care experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; ability to interpret cardiac rhythms, manage ventilators, tracheostomies, and bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP), manage invasive lines, ostomies, drains, chest tubes, lumbar drains, and titrate intravenous medications; COVID-19 vaccination required.
- Preferred Qualifications: 2 years of intensive care experience; Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification.
- Schedule: Night shifts, 12-hour shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Additional Information: Patient populations may include respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, diabetic ketoacidosis, sepsis, complicated postoperative conditions, cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs), post-arrest patients, alcohol-related conditions, and intravenous drug use-related conditions. Patient assignments may include intensive care ratios of 1:1 or 1:2 and progressive care ratios of 1:3 or 1:4 based on acuity. Clinical responsibilities may include care involving prone positioning, hypothermia protocols, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), tissue plasminogen activator (TPA), flap surgeries, ventilators, tracheostomies, bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP), invasive lines, ostomies, general drains, chest tubes, lumbar drains, and intravenous medication titration. The position may accept first-time travelers and may involve split assignments across patient populations. Scheduling is provided approximately 10 days before the schedule begins, and weekend assignments vary according to unit needs.
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
