Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Lubbock, TX
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse (RN), Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This travel position provides care to adult patients requiring critical care services, including cardiovascular surgery, trauma, neurological conditions, ventilator support, and complex monitoring. The role includes a 12-hour day schedule, a 1:2 patient ratio, weekend coverage, and potential float rotation between intensive care, telemetry, and medical-surgical units.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; travel nursing experience; experience with electronic health record charting; compact nursing license in hand at submission.
• Preferred Qualifications: Level I or Level II trauma experience.
• Schedule: Day shifts consisting of 12 hours, with a minimum of 48 hours per week. Six weekend shifts are expected during a six-week schedule to meet department needs.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: The role supports adult patients in an intensive care setting with an expected 1:2 patient ratio. Relevant clinical experience includes cardiovascular surgery, trauma, ventilator management, chest tubes, central venous lines, external ventricular drains, neurosurgery, arterial blood gas interpretation, cardiac and vasoactive medication titration, continuous sedation, renal replacement therapy, intracranial pressure monitoring, post-cardiac surgery care, post-craniotomy care, and management of multisystem organ dysfunction. The care environment includes support from intravenous therapy teams, physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and unit secretarial staff. Three of the five designated holidaysThanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Daymust be worked.

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