ICU Registered Nurse
Portsmouth, NH
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This position provides care for critically ill patients in a 25-bed intensive care unit with a typical patient ratio of 2:1. The role requires strong telemetry skills and experience managing vasoactive and inotropic medications, with opportunities to support complex procedures and critical care interventions.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; previous intensive care unit experience; strong telemetry skills; experience titrating vasoactive and inotropic medications; chest tube experience; willingness to wear scrubs.
• Preferred Qualifications: Open-heart experience; temporary pacing experience; Swan-Ganz catheter experience.
• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; 12 shifts per month, including four weekend shifts per month.
• Additional Information: The unit supports critically ill patients with continuous access to critical care providers, trauma surgeons, and respiratory therapists. Clinical procedures include intubation, central and arterial line placement, and chest tube placement. Available equipment includes GE monitors, Hamilton noninvasive ventilation and high-flow systems, Puritan ventilators, and Hemosphere monitoring systems. Bedside shift reports and patient care boards are updated at each change of shift.

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