Medical ICU RN
Springfield, OR
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit Medical position supporting critically ill adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a high-acuity setting. The role involves comprehensive critical care nursing, including post-cardiac surgery care, mechanical circulatory support, ventilator management, continuous renal replacement therapy, vasoactive medication titration, and emergency response.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of registered nursing experience, including at least 1 recent year in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, or similar critical care setting; CVICU experience must be included in the work history; travel experience required; at least 1 year of Epic experience; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; proficiency in arterial line management, blood product administration, central and peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) management, continuous intravenous sedation, cardiac and vasoactive medication titration, ventilator management, noninvasive ventilation, high-flow nasal cannula, arterial blood gas interpretation, emergency medications, intravenous insulin protocols, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, multisystem organ failure care, infection prevention, isolation precautions, phlebotomy, surgical wounds, and wound-vacuum management.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Level I or Level II trauma patients; prior travel assignment experience preferred.
• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: Patient assignments are typically two patients per nurse. Clinical responsibilities may include care for open-heart surgery, myocardial infarction, trauma, neurological conditions, diabetic ketoacidosis, sepsis, gastrointestinal bleeding, overdose, respiratory distress, post-cardiac arrest patients, and complex postoperative patients. The role may involve intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) support, Impella support, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), therapeutic temperature management, massive transfusion protocols, chest tube and central line procedures, bedside tracheostomy care, intubation support, cardiac cooling equipment, transvenous and epicardial pacemaker care, and rapid response or cardiac arrest support.

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