ICU Registered Nurse
Parkersburg, WV
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary:
Critical Care Registered Nurse (ICU) specializing in Intensive Care Unit in West Virginia. This position involves providing high-acuity patient care in a hospital setting, managing ventilators, vasoactive medications, and complex patient conditions. The role requires delivery of compassionate, skilled care in a fast-paced environment, ensuring optimal patient outcomes.

Job Details:

• Location: Parkersburg, WV
• Schedule: 12-hour night shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week, starting from 08/17/2026
• Certifications: BLS (Basic Life Support), ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support), NIHSS (National Institute of Health Stroke Scale) are all required
• Required Qualifications: Candidates must have at least 2 years of critical care experience. Must be competent with CRRT, IABP, ventilators, post-code/therapeutic hypothermia, and skilled with vasoactive medications, sedation, and paralytics. Prior travel experience is preferred.
• Additional Skills and Responsibilities: Ability to titrate critical care medications, perform care/removal of Central lines, and monitor/interpret ICU systems. RNs are responsible for managing ventilators, cardiac drips, and patient assessments.
• Shift Details: Work hours are from 07:00 PM to 07:30 AM, with self-scheduling and block scheduling options available. Rotation may include weekends (every other weekend) and holidays, depending on unit needs.
• Unit specifics: The ICU has 18 private rooms with negative pressure capabilities for COVID patients, staffing ratios typically 1:2, with additional coverage for CRRT and organ donation. The unit has dedicated respiratory therapist coverage 24/7, monitor techs, and a pharmacy on-site from 07:00 to 16:30 daily. Orientation includes two shifts of general/floor training and completion of EPIC education prior to start.
• Additional notes: The unit requires float to step-down and medical-surgical units as needed. Staff dress in royal blue scrubs. The facility uses EPIC for charting.
• Start Date: 08/17/2026
• License: Must be submitted for consideration

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