Job Summary
ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Registered Nurse in a high-acuity float pool setting. This role involves providing high-quality patient care across various units, including Critical Care, Observation, Med Surg, and specialized surgical units. The position requires adaptability to floating between units and working within a fast-paced, high-acuity environment.
Job Details
- Position Type: Registered Nurse (RN)
- Specialty: ICU (Intensive Care Unit)
- Location: Not specified (generalized healthcare setting)
- Schedule: Days shift, 12-hour shifts, minimum of 36 hours per week
- Required Qualifications: Valid license to submit; willing to wait for license; ACLS (American Heart Association), BLS (American Heart Association), NIHSS certification; minimum of 2 years ICU experience; experience with EPIC Electronic Medical Record system; prior floating experience across multiple units including high-acuity settings
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience with PICC lines and device management
- Additional Information:
- Must have EPIC experience and prior floating experience, including shifts in float pools or other facilities
- General hospital orientation and module-specific training required
- Unit includes high acuity, telemetry, neuro, cardiac, and surgical patients
- Nurse: Patient ratios are typically 1-2 depending on acuity, with allowances for transfer patients requiring 1-3 nurses
- Certifications in BLS, ACLS, NIHSS required; ability to check off on device training if recently experienced and comfortable
- Equipment includes ventilators, Bipap, Cpap, high-flow oxygen
- Reading monitor strips and managing titratable drips such as epi, norepi, dobutamine, among others
- Self-scheduling available, with a requirement of 3 weekend shifts per schedule and holiday shifts as needed
- No call or standby requirement
- Unit-specific orientation includes hospital-wide modules, Cerner validation, and on-unit training
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
