ICU Registered Nurse
Sugar Land, TX
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary:
An Intensive Care Unit (ICU) RN is needed in an acute care setting. This role involves providing specialized care for critically ill patients with various diagnoses, including CHF, DKA, respiratory failure, metabolic acidosis, renal failure, and encephalopathy. The position requires collaboration with hospitalists and intensivists to deliver high-quality patient care.

Job Details:

• Certifications: BLS, ACLS, with CRRT and IABP training preferred but not required.
• Education Requirements: Must have 2+ years of ICU experience, including ventilator management, drip management, and DKA management.
• Location Requirements: Not specified.
• Years of Experience: Minimum 2 years ICU experience required; no minimum experience for other qualifications.
• Schedule: Nights; 12-hour shifts; minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Responsibilities include managing ventilators, titrating cardiac drips, insulin, sedatives, and troubleshooting respiratory equipment such as vents and BiPap.
• The unit maintains a nurse-to-patient ratio of 2:1 most of the time, with a charge nurse managing assignments.
• There are self-scheduling options and six weekend shifts within a six-week period.
• Unit features include continuous respiratory therapy and telemetry monitoring. Nurses are responsible for monitoring their own patients' strips along with central monitor oversight.
• Additional unit details include a six-shift orientation and a reduced cancellation policy.
• Charting is conducted through EPIC.

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