PICU Registered Nurse
Aurora, CO
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). This travel position supports a high-acuity pediatric critical care environment caring for complex medical and surgical patients from birth through 21 years of age. The role includes rotating 12-hour shifts, weekend coverage, and floating across inpatient care areas as needed.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); Colorado Registered Nurse (RN) license; minimum of 2 years of experience as a staff Registered Nurse (RN) in a comparable Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU); American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; American Heart Association (AHA) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification; experience caring for pediatric patients from birth through 21 years of age.
• Preferred Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) staff experience; 1 year of travel nursing experience in a teaching facility preferred; additional staff experience may be considered in place of limited travel experience.
• Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts, including night hours from 6:45 PM7:15 AM, with a minimum of 48 hours per week.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: Every-other-weekend coverage is required, including Saturday and Sunday. The role involves respiratory support ranging from nasal cannula through bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP), continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and mechanical ventilation. Clinical responsibilities include care for patients with chronic childhood diseases, sepsis, traumatic brain injury, diabetic ketoacidosis, seizure disorders, oncology diagnoses, metabolic disorders, non-accidental trauma, and surgical conditions including neurosurgery, ear, nose, and throat procedures, orthopedics, and general surgery. Equipment may include Trilogy ventilators, Servo ventilators, Codman intracranial pressure monitors, Medfusion syringe pumps, and Baxter large-volume intravenous pumps. Travelers may float to critical care units and acute care floors but will not float to the Emergency Department, operating room or post-anesthesia care unit, or inpatient psychiatry. Medical or religious exemptions from the influenza vaccine are allowed.

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