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

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit Location not specified. This position provides care to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in medical, surgical, cardiac, and neurological intensive care settings. The role requires rotating day and night shifts, every other weekend coverage, and the ability to manage critically ill patients requiring ventilator support, vasoactive medications, sedation, and advanced monitoring.

Job Details

• Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week, with primary day shifts and rotating nights based on department staffing needs.
• Required Qualifications: Active Maryland or compact registered nurse license; two years of intensive care experience; travel experience; Basic Life Support (BLS); Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS); Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification; and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with continuous renal replacement therapy using NextStage equipment, pronation therapy, and electronic charting.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Care is provided to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients with medical intensive care, surgical intensive care, cardiac, neurological, postoperative, respiratory, septic, and shock-related diagnoses.
  • Clinical responsibilities include ventilator management, arterial and central line management, blood product administration, continuous intravenous sedation, vasoactive medication titration, dysrhythmia management, cardiac catheterization care, external ventricular drain management, and care of patients with multisystem organ dysfunction.
  • Equipment and therapies include ventilators, continuous renal replacement therapy, intra-aortic balloon pumps, and pronation therapy.
  • Patient ratios are generally two patients per nurse, with a maximum of three patients in lower-acuity assignments.
  • Every other weekend and scheduled holiday coverage are required.
  • On-call shifts are not required.
  • Influenza vaccination is required without exemptions; coronavirus disease vaccination is not required.

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