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

Job Summary

Profession not specified; Intensive Care Unit (ICU); location not specified. This travel nursing position provides care for adult patients in a high-acuity critical care setting with cardiovascular, neurological, trauma, surgical, and medical conditions. The role includes care for patients requiring advanced monitoring, ventilator management, vasoactive infusions, and complex cardiovascular and neurological interventions.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; valid California license in hand; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), and LA Fire Card certifications; prior travel experience; Level II trauma experience; community hospital experience; experience caring for adult patients at a 2:1 ratio; LA Fire Card issued within the past 30 days.
• Preferred Qualifications: Level I trauma experience and electronic charting system experience.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Care is provided for high-acuity adult patients with cardiovascular, neurological, trauma, surgical, orthopedic, stroke, sepsis, and multisystem conditions.
  • Clinical responsibilities may include ventilator management, arterial and central line care, chest tube management, blood product administration, continuous intravenous sedation, vasoactive drips, cardiac surgery recovery, post-neurosurgical care, external ventricular drain management, intracranial pressure monitoring, renal failure management, and emergency medication administration.
  • The unit supports patients requiring coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), and stroke-related interventions.
  • Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretary services.
  • Patient care includes bedside monitoring, ventilators, suction equipment, drains, chest tubes, infusion pumps, and point-of-care testing devices.
  • A 12-hour orientation is provided.

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