Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit. This position provides care for critically ill trauma, neurological, and stroke patients in a fast-paced acute care setting. The role requires experience with intracranial pressure monitoring, ventriculostomies, ventilated patients, and titration of vasopressor and sedation infusions.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) experience
- Trauma experience, including care of neurotrauma, stroke, and head-injury patients
- Experience with intracranial pressure monitoring and ventriculostomies; experience caring for post-tissue plasminogen activator patients may be considered when this experience is unavailable
- Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), and COVID-19 vaccination certification
- Active professional nursing license required for submission
- Preferred Qualifications: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification and previous travel nursing experience
- Schedule: 12-hour day shifts, 36 hours per week, with every other weekend required
- Additional Information: The unit cares for trauma, neurological, and stroke patients and requires nurses to titrate vasopressor and sedation infusions, interpret cardiac rhythm strips, and work with ventilators. A proctored dysrhythmia examination is required onsite on the first day and is graded pass/fail. Unit orientation is one day, with additional orientation provided if needed. The role requires adaptability, collaboration, and comfort working in a fast-paced environment.
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
