Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Philadelphia, PA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Philadelphia, PA Provides comprehensive, high-acuity nursing care to critically ill adult and geriatric patients in a general intensive care unit. The role includes advanced patient assessment, management of complex medical and surgical conditions, administration of critical care medications, and collaboration with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to support positive patient outcomes.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Current Registered Nurse license in good standing; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; recent intensive care unit experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with mechanical ventilation, continuous positive airway pressure and bilevel positive airway pressure management, tracheostomy care, telemetry monitoring, vasoactive medication infusions, central and peripherally inserted central catheter management, feeding tubes, wound vacuum systems, cardioversion and defibrillation, blood product administration, and critical care patients in medical, surgical, and neurological intensive care settings. Proficiency with electronic medical records preferred.
• Additional Information: Provides care for critically ill adult and geriatric patients with conditions such as sepsis, acute kidney injury, diabetic ketoacidosis, respiratory distress, ventilator dependence, and hemodynamic instability requiring vasoactive medications. Responsibilities include comprehensive assessments, ongoing monitoring, medication administration and titration, mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy management, telemetry and 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation, care of central venous access devices and advanced medical equipment, assistance with emergency procedures and cardioversions, interdisciplinary care coordination, patient and family education, and timely clinical documentation. The role may include float support to medical-surgical units as needed.

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