ICU Registered Nurse
Madison, WI
Cross Country Nurses
5x8 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Madison, WI. This role provides perioperative nursing care with a nerve block team during weekday day shifts. Responsibilities include conscious sedation monitoring, medication administration during regional anesthesia procedures, patient assessments, care coordination, post-procedure follow-up, and clinical support for patients across age groups.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shift, 8-hour shifts from 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday, with a minimum of 40 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse license; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) certifications from the American Heart Association (AHA); at least 2 years of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Registered Nurse experience, including acute care experience within the past 3 years; nerve block experience; conscious sedation experience; telemetry competency; required travel experience; and charting system experience, including Epic.
• Preferred Qualifications: Trauma Level I experience.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides direct and indirect perioperative care, including patient assessment, medication administration, regional anesthesia support, monitoring during conscious sedation, and post-procedure follow-up.
  • Coordinates care and communicates with nursing units before and after procedures.
  • Supports blood and blood product administration, adult patient care, regional anesthesia procedures, moderate sedation, and care for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
  • A telemetry examination is required before the assignment begins, with a passing score of at least 80% and defined rhythm-identification criteria.
  • The telemetry examination allows two attempts. Additional cardiac interpretation review and testing requirements apply if the examination is not passed within the permitted attempts.
  • The role provides clinical resources and leadership support to other staff and contributes to quality assurance and standards-of-care initiatives.

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