Job Summary
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) position for a registered nurse supporting critically ill patients in a 48-hour-per-week night shift assignment. The role requires intensive care experience, travel experience, current certifications, and the ability to care for patients requiring advanced critical-care therapies and specialized monitoring. Floating may be required across designated critical-care units.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of intensive care experience; required travel nursing experience; current American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; active New York registered nurse (RN) license and verification of all active RN licenses; experience with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and Prismaflex; electronic medical record experience with Epic.
- Preferred Qualifications: Four to five years of intensive care experience; cardiac care experience.
- Schedule: Night shift, 6:30 p.m.–7:00 a.m., 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 48 hours per week.
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information: The role supports patients with neurological, medical, cardiovascular, surgical, and trauma-related conditions, including stroke, sepsis, altered mental status, respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, post-ST-elevation myocardial infarction conditions, cardiogenic shock, abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery, trauma, and major postoperative needs. Clinical equipment may include intra-aortic balloon pumps, continuous renal replacement therapy systems, ventriculostomy and intracranial pressure monitoring, and targeted temperature management systems. Navy scrubs are required. Floating may occur to designated units other than behavioral health and the emergency department, except when the emergency department is holding patients.
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
