ICU Registered Nurse
Tacoma, WA
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Tacoma, Washington. The position supports critically ill adult patients across intensive care, progressive care, cardiac care, and emergency department holding areas. The role requires strong critical-care assessment and management skills, including cardiac rhythm interpretation, ventilator and bilevel positive airway pressure management, invasive-line management, and intravenous medication titration.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts are 12 hours, scheduled from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, with a minimum of 48 hours per week. Weekend rotation is every other weekend, with no on-call requirement.
• Required Qualifications:
  • At least 1 year of intensive care experience.
  • Required professional license.
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications.
  • Experience with cardiac rhythm interpretation, ventilator and bilevel positive airway pressure management, invasive-line management, ostomies, drains, tracheostomies, chest tubes, lumbar drains, and intravenous medication titration.
  • Electronic medical record experience.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • The position floats among neuro, trauma, medical, and cardiac intensive care; cardiac care; progressive care; acute care; emergency department holding areas; and other areas caring for intensive or progressive care patients.
  • Patient populations may include neuro, trauma, medical, surgical, cardiac, respiratory, post-procedure, sepsis, pneumonia, diabetic ketoacidosis, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal injuries, and multi-system failure cases.
  • Typical patient ratios are 1:2 in intensive care and 1:4 in progressive, acute, and cardiac care areas, with emergency department holding ratios based on the patients level of care.
  • Travelers are not expected to care for fresh post-cardiac bypass or transcatheter aortic valve replacement patients, external ventricular drains, post-thrombolytic therapy patients, or patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, intra-aortic balloon pumps, percutaneous ventricular assist devices, or hypothermia protocols.
  • Orientation includes one day of general orientation, one intensive care unit orientation shift, and one orientation shift on comparable units. A telemetry competency examination is required before arrival.
  • Departmental support includes charge nursing, hospitalist, respiratory therapy, intensivist, cardiology, phlebotomy, and rapid response or code teams.
  • Solid-color professional scrubs are required. The position also includes hourly rounding documentation, bedside reporting, whiteboard updates, medication safety practices, pain reassessment, and required breaks.

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