PICU Registered Nurse
Lubbock, TX
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. This position provides specialized nursing care for neonates, infants, children, and adolescents in a pediatric intensive care setting. The role includes a 1:2 patient ratio, interdisciplinary collaboration, and care for patients requiring advanced monitoring and ventilatory support.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of three 12-hour shifts per week for a minimum of 36 hours per week; self-scheduling is available, with variable weekend coverage.
• Required Qualifications: At least 1 year of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit experience; active compact nursing license in hand at submission; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification; experience with electronic health record charting; ability to provide care for critically ill pediatric patients.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with pediatric step-down care, post-cardiac surgery care, ventilator management, continuous sedation, hemodynamic monitoring, intracranial pressure monitoring, external ventricular drains, chest tubes, central and peripherally inserted central catheter lines, arterial blood gas interpretation, dysrhythmia management, high-flow nasal cannula therapy, bilevel positive airway pressure and continuous positive airway pressure management, and intravenous vasopressors.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient assignments are generally 1:2 across day, night, and weekend shifts.
  • Patient care may include neonates, infants, children, adolescents, and patients requiring intensive monitoring.
  • Responsibilities may include assisting with intubation, caring for ventilated patients, managing chest tubes and implanted lines, interpreting dysrhythmias, providing isolation precautions and personal protective equipment (PPE), and performing endotracheal and nasotracheal suctioning.
  • Interdisciplinary support may include physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and unit secretarial support.
  • Orientation includes 36 hours.
  • Weekend coverage is variable, and holiday participation may be 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