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

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit Nurse The position provides direct care to critically ill patients in an acute care setting. Responsibilities include managing complex patient conditions, titrating prescribed infusions, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary care team while supporting safe, evidence-based patient outcomes.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of critical care experience; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; active license eligible for submission.
• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Additional Information: The intensive care setting includes a 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio and care for patients with conditions such as abdominal pain, chest pain, fever, cough, dyspnea, headache, injuries, and extremity pain. Registered nurses may titrate vasopressors, inotropes, sedatives, analgesics, metabolic infusions, and specialized infusions. The unit supports ventilators, continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure, and high-flow oxygen therapy. Self-scheduling and block scheduling are available. Weekend scheduling is required, with six weekend shifts per six-week schedule for full-time and part-time employees. Holiday scheduling is required.

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