ICU Registered Nurse
Tacoma, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary
ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Registered Nurse Region Two, Washington. This position involves providing critical care nursing services primarily in a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) with float coverage to Intensive Care Units (ICU). The role requires working night shifts and supporting multiple facilities within the designated region, ensuring high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment.

Job Details

• Location: Region Two, Washington including duties at a core facility with additional float assignments to other hospitals within the region.
• Position Description: Primarily PCU with float to ICU. Coverage includes critical care for various patient diagnoses with a focus on adult critical care.
• Required Qualifications: ACLS (American Heart Association), BLS Certification; minimum of 2 years of experience in a critical care setting; no specified experience minimum, but a minimum of 2 years is preferred; valid license to submit and willingness to wait for licensure; location in Washington or eligible to practice there.
• Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Additional Information: Primarily nights with rotating weekends and holidays. No Ventilator (vent) management in PCU; drips include cardizem, nitro, insulin, heparin (no pressors). Float eligibility between all ICU and PCU units. One-week orientation planned with an educator at most, minimum two shifts.
• Certifications/Qualifications: ACLS (AHA), BLS
• Shift Notes: Nights, every other weekend; potential rotation including weekends and holidays; no scrub color specified; tele/monitor techs only in PCU.
• Responsibility Details: Managing critical care patients, supporting hospitalist or intensivist in-house, and working with various critical care equipment and medications.
• Submission Requirements: Willing to wait for license submission; no need for references or additional documentation specified.

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