ICU Registered Nurse
Seattle, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) travel nursing position on the night shift for an experienced critical care clinician. The role supports adult and geriatric patients with complex conditions, including sepsis, respiratory failure, thoracic and vascular surgery, gastrointestinal bleeding, liver transplant, and multisystem organ failure. The assignment requires flexibility to float among intensive care and intermediate care/telemetry units and other nearby campuses.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Weekend coverage is required at least every other weekend, with additional weekend shifts based on unit needs.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Two years of intensive care experience
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications
  • Compact nursing license in hand at the time of submission
  • Required experience with Epic electronic charting
  • Experience caring for patients in more than two specialized critical care areas
  • Proficiency with ventilator management, tracheostomy care, continuous positive airway pressure and bilevel positive airway pressure, chest tubes, arterial and central lines, blood product administration, continuous renal replacement therapy, dysrhythmia management, vasoactive medication titration, emergency medications, surgical intensive care, and multisystem organ dysfunction or failure
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification
  • Experience with liver transplant, renal failure, postoperative care, vascular access devices, wound vacuums, feeding tubes, epidural pumps, and advanced hemodynamic monitoring
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care for adult and geriatric patients in medical and surgical intensive care settings, excluding cardiovascular and neurological intensive care populations.
  • Patient assignments may include sepsis, respiratory failure, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, gastrointestinal bleeding, liver transplant, and multisystem organ failure.
  • Clinical responsibilities include cardioversion and defibrillation, rapid sequence intubation medication administration, cooling and warming blanket management, sheath removal, infusion pump management, and drain and fistula care.
  • The role requires flexibility with self-scheduling and staffing needs, including floating among intensive care, intermediate care, telemetry, and other nearby campuses.
  • Holiday availability is required for three of five designated holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, or New Years Day.
  • Two professional references covering at least one year within the past three years are required before the assignment begins.

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