ICU Registered Nurse
San Francisco, CA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit This travel position provides critical care nursing across multiple intensive care settings, with potential assignments to step-down units, emergency departments, and medical-surgical-telemetry floors. The role requires advanced critical care competencies, applicable certifications, travel nursing experience, and flexibility for rotating day and night shifts.

Job Details

• Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week; day and night rotation as needed, typically 7:00 AM7:30 PM or 7:00 PM7:30 AM. No on-call requirement; weekend rotation required.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Valid California Registered Nurse license
  • Four years of intensive care unit experience
  • Travel nursing experience
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC)
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC)
  • National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Floating may occur among three intensive care units and associated step-down units.
  • Additional floating may include intensive care unit boarder assignments in emergency departments or assignments to medical-surgical-telemetry floors.
  • Core responsibilities may include ventilator management, arterial line management, central line care, continuous intravenous sedation and paralytic management, vasoactive drip titration, renal replacement therapy, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, intracranial pressure monitoring, external ventricular drain management, cardiac device management, post-cardiac surgery care, post-neurosurgical care, and acute stroke management.
  • Orientation includes 24 hours.
  • Two professional references obtained within the past year are required.
  • Applicable certifications must have valid expiration dates.
  • Compliance documentation must be completed before the assignment start date.

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