Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Redding, CA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit. This position provides care for critically ill trauma, neurological, and stroke patients in a fast-paced acute care setting. The role requires experience with intracranial pressure monitoring, ventriculostomies, ventilated patients, and titration of vasopressor and sedation infusions.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 2 years of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) experience
  • Trauma experience, including care of neurotrauma, stroke, and head-injury patients
  • Experience with intracranial pressure monitoring and ventriculostomies; experience caring for post-tissue plasminogen activator patients may be considered when this experience is unavailable
  • Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), and COVID-19 vaccination certification
  • Active professional nursing license required for submission
• Preferred Qualifications: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification and previous travel nursing experience
• Schedule: 12-hour day shifts, 36 hours per week, with every other weekend required
• Additional Information: The unit cares for trauma, neurological, and stroke patients and requires nurses to titrate vasopressor and sedation infusions, interpret cardiac rhythm strips, and work with ventilators. A proctored dysrhythmia examination is required onsite on the first day and is graded pass/fail. Unit orientation is one day, with additional orientation provided if needed. The role requires adaptability, collaboration, and comfort working in a fast-paced environment.

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