ICU Registered Nurse
Topeka, KS
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit. The role provides care for adult and geriatric cardiac and critically ill patients on night shifts. Responsibilities include managing ventilated patients, titrating multiple cardiac and vasoactive medication infusions, and supporting complex postoperative and critical care needs.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; weekend coverage is required.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Valid registered nurse license in Kansas or a compact state, in hand at submission
  • Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications required in hand at submission
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Two years of Intensive Care Unit experience
  • Trauma Level II experience
  • Charting system experience
• Additional Information:
  • Cardiac patient population with an expected patient ratio of two patients to one nurse
  • Ability to manage two ventilated patients while multitasking across multiple medication infusions
  • Experience with ventilator management, arterial line management, central line care, continuous intravenous sedation, cardiac and vasoactive medication titration, dysrhythmia management, blood product administration, and post-cardiac surgery care
  • Experience with open-heart surgery recovery, cardiac catheterization procedures, renal failure care, arterial blood gas interpretation, chest tubes, noninvasive ventilation, and specialized cardiac monitoring
  • Mixed Intensive Care Unit and cardiovascular intensive care unit setting supporting adult and geriatric patients
  • First-time travelers are accepted
  • Twelve hours of orientation are provided
  • Interdisciplinary support includes respiratory services, physical therapy, pharmacy, radiology, phlebotomy, social services, rapid response, interpretation services, transportation, and intravenous teams

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