Job Summary
Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU) position for a 36-hour daytime schedule. The role provides care for patients requiring intermediate-level monitoring and management, including cardiac telemetry, ventilated patients, central lines, chest tubes, and complex medical-surgical conditions. Travel experience is required, with a focus on safe patient care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and clinical proficiency.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shifts, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week; weekend coverage is required.
- Required Qualifications:
- Two years of experience
- Travel experience required
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
- Charting experience required using Epic
- State or compact license must be in hand at the time of submission
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Trauma Level I experience preferred
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Patient ratio is 1:4 on days, nights, and weekends.
- Clinical responsibilities include cardiac telemetry, care of ventilated patients, central line management, chest tube management, blood product administration, high-flow nasal cannula management, arterial blood gas interpretation, dysrhythmia interpretation, insulin drip titration, cardiac drip management without titration, tracheostomy care, wound care, and wound vacuum management.
- Additional experience may include managing feeding tubes, heparin protocols, isolation precautions, noninvasive airway management, peripheral and peripherally inserted central catheter line care, pre- and post-hemodialysis management, surgical drains, telemetry monitoring, total joint replacement care, traumatic brain injury care, and rapid response or code team participation.
- Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and transportation.
- Core onboarding items and laboratory requirements must be completed within 48 hours of contract signing.
- Required modules are completed onsite during orientation.
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
