ICU Registered Nurse
Napa, CA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) travel assignment supporting adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a critical care setting. The role manages complex conditions and specialized procedures, including sepsis, respiratory failure, trauma, extracorporeal ventricular drainage, continuous renal replacement therapy, intra-aortic balloon pump support, and Impella support.

Job Details

• Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts, primarily starting at 7:00 p.m., with occasional day shifts to support unit needs; 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; compact state license in hand at submission.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with electronic charting; charge experience; cardiovascular, medical, neuro, and surgical intensive care; care of ventilated patients; acute stroke management; hypothermia protocols; intracranial pressure monitoring; infection prevention; isolation precautions and personal protective equipment; post-craniotomy and post-neurosurgery management; spinal cord injury; and traumatic brain injury.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient ratios are 1:2 across days, nights, and weekends.
  • Weekend coverage is required.
  • Patient population includes adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
  • The unit supports patients with sepsis, respiratory failure, COVID, end-stage renal disease, trauma, and subdural hematoma.
  • Specialized procedures include extracorporeal ventricular drainage, continuous renal replacement therapy using Prismaflex, coronary artery bypass graft support, intra-aortic balloon pump support, and Impella support.
  • Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and transportation.
  • Orientation includes 12 hours.

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