IMCU Registered Nurse
Springfield, IL
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse (RN), Intermediate Care Unit. The position provides care for adult patients in a fast-paced intermediate care setting with a typical 1:4 patient ratio. Responsibilities include telemetry monitoring, complex cardiac and neurological care, respiratory support, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Job Details

• Schedule: Three 12-hour night shifts from 6:45 PM to 7:15 AM, 36 hours per week; every other weekend required. Four 12-hour shifts may be accommodated based on preference.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum one year of experience; active Illinois nursing license in hand; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; travel experience required.
• Preferred Qualifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; experience with Cerner; teaching hospital experience; Level I trauma experience.
• Clinical Responsibilities and Skills: Care for adult patients with varied diagnoses in an intermediate care setting; interpret and manage dysrhythmias; provide telemetry monitoring; respond to rapid response and code teams; manage cardiac and vasoactive drips, including titration; care for patients requiring ventilators, tracheostomies, chest tubes, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP), high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC), and noninvasive airway management; manage arterial lines, central lines, peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs), ports, peripheral lines, and blood products; perform phlebotomy and intravenous therapy; provide post-cardiac procedure, post-myocardial infarction, renal, neurological, orthopedic, wound, feeding tube, and surgical drain care; administer procedural sedation and patient-controlled analgesia (PCA); follow isolation precautions.
• Unit Information: Fast-paced intermediate care unit with high patient throughput, multidisciplinary support, and approximately 34 daily patients across 38 beds. Staff must be prepared to care for patients with all diagnoses and manage complex respiratory needs.

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