ICU Registered Nurse
York, ME
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Maine: Provides compassionate, professional nursing care to critically ill patients requiring complex monitoring, medication therapies, and life-support interventions. The role includes assessing patients, implementing and evaluating individualized care plans, collaborating with the healthcare team, and responding to emergent clinical situations.

Job Details

• Schedule: Nights, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Current Registered Nurse licensure in Maine or compact licensure; licensure in good standing with the Board of Nursing; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 60 days of hire and maintained while in the position; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification within 1 year of hire and maintained while in the position.
• Preferred Qualifications: One year of Intensive Care Unit nursing experience; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care for patients with complex needs, including hemodynamic compromise, acute stroke, and mechanical ventilation.
  • Interprets cardiac and invasive and noninvasive monitoring data, recognizes abnormal rhythms and trends, and initiates appropriate interventions.
  • Maintains competency in complex intravenous therapy, including thrombolytic administration, vasoactive medications, central intravenous catheters, dialysis catheters, and arterial lines.
  • Uses less-invasive life-support modalities, including bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP), end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2), arterial pressure-based cardiac output and cardiac index (CO/CI), mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2), and core temperature monitoring.
  • Provides care for chemically paralyzed patients using Train of Four (TOF) and bispectral index (BIS) monitoring.
  • Monitors critically ill patients receiving treatment with EKOS catheters and intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP).
  • Responds to in-house codes, rapid response team (RRT) events, and stroke calls as required.
  • Directs paraprofessional care activities and promotes effective communication with patients, support persons, and members of the healthcare team.
  • Implements nursing care through assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
  • Assignment dates: 11/16/2026 through 02/15/2027.

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