ICU Registered Nurse
Tyler, TX
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit night-shift position providing care to adult and geriatric patients in a Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit and cardiac care setting. The role supports critically ill patients with complex cardiac, respiratory, renal, neurological, and multisystem conditions while maintaining a typical patient ratio of 1:2. Experience with electronic charting and advanced intensive care procedures is required.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, 48 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications.
  • Two years of experience preferred.
  • Experience with Epic charting required.
  • Ability to care for adult and geriatric patients in a Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit and cardiac care environment.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Travel experience preferred.
  • Previous charge experience preferred.
  • Community hospital, long-term acute care, and trauma experience preferred.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient ratio is 1:2 on days, nights, and weekends.
  • Patient population includes adults and geriatric patients with respiratory failure, acute kidney injury, cardiac arrest, septic shock, endocarditis, pulmonary embolism, cardiogenic shock, and gastrointestinal bleeding.
  • Responsibilities may include ventilator management, arterial and central line management, blood product administration, chest tube care, continuous intravenous sedation, vasoactive medication titration, renal replacement therapy management, cardiac device management, and post-cardiac surgery care.
  • Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and transportation.
  • Orientation includes 24 hours.

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