ICU Registered Nurse
Waupaca, WI
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Waupaca, WI. This position provides care in a higher-acuity stepdown and medical-surgical setting with some intensive care unit-level patients. The assignment requires night-shift availability, clinical flexibility, and the ability to manage patients receiving intravenous drips.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., with a minimum of 36 hours per week; every other weekend and holiday rotation required. Block scheduling is not accommodated.
• Required Qualifications: Wisconsin Registered Nurse license; American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; associate degree or certificate; 12+ years of experience; intensive care unit or intermediate care unit experience; comfort caring for patients receiving intravenous drips; ability to manage changing clinical conditions.
• Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree; stepdown experience; critical access experience; previous travel assignment experience; recent experience with EPIC charting.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient assignments are typically 1:5 and may increase to 1:7 during busier periods.
  • The clinical setting includes approximately 20 beds with an average daily census of 1218 patients.
  • Black scrubs are required.
  • Missed shifts must be made up within two weeks.
  • The role requires resilience, adaptability, and effective management of change.

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