ICU Registered Nurse
Mission Hills, CA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit. This role supports adult and geriatric patients in a progressive care unit and requires true intensive care nursing experience. The position involves 12-hour night shifts, a 1:3 patient ratio, and participation in every-other-weekend coverage.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts are 12 hours, with a minimum of 36 hours per week and every-other-weekend coverage.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 1 year of intensive care nursing experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification; current Los Angeles City Fire Card issued within the last 30 days; California nursing license in hand.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience caring for critically ill patients requiring ventilator care, cardiac and vasoactive medication management, telemetry monitoring, tracheostomy care, chest tube management, and rapid response interventions.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care for adult and geriatric patients in a progressive care setting.
  • Patient ratios are approximately 1:3 across days, nights, and weekends.
  • Clinical responsibilities may include ventilator and noninvasive airway management, arterial blood gas interpretation, dysrhythmia management, oxygen therapy, blood product administration, intravenous therapy, feeding tube care, wound care, renal failure management, and pre- and post-hemodialysis care.
  • Patient populations may include sepsis, myocardial infarction, stroke, coronavirus illness, congestive heart failure, open-heart conditions, and trauma.
  • Unit procedures may include intubation, extubation, and endoscopic gastrointestinal evaluation.
  • Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretary services.

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