ICU Registered Nurse
Baltimore, MD
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit. This neurocritical care position provides care to adult and geriatric patients with complex neurological and neurosurgical conditions. The role involves frequent neurological assessments, management of advanced monitoring and life-support equipment, and collaboration with multidisciplinary care teams.

Job Details

• Schedule: Nights, 3 shifts per week with 12-hour shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, totaling 36 hours per week. Every other weekend and scheduled holidays are required. No prescheduled on-call shifts are required.
• Required Qualifications: Active Maryland or compact-state Registered Nurse (RN) license; Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA); at least 2 years of experience; experience caring for neurocritical care patients, including acute stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, status epilepticus, cerebral edema, hydrocephalus, spinal cord injury, and post-craniotomy patients.
• Preferred Qualifications: Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; previous charge experience; experience with electronic charting; community healthcare facility experience; and Level I trauma experience.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides comprehensive critical care for adult and geriatric patients with complex neurological and neurosurgical conditions.
  • Manages intracranial pressure monitoring, external ventricular drains, lumbar drains, continuous electroencephalography monitoring, mechanical ventilation, targeted temperature management, arterial lines, central venous catheters, hemodynamic monitoring, and frequent neurological assessments.
  • Provides post-thrombectomy, post-craniotomy, tracheostomy, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, hyperosmolar therapy, and thrombolytic therapy care.
  • Patient assignments are typically 1:2, with up to three stable, lower-acuity patients as needed.
  • Collaborates with neurology, neurosurgery, neurointerventional radiology, rehabilitation, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, and neurocritical care teams.
  • Navy blue scrubs are required.
  • Flu vaccination is required without exemptions.

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