ICU Registered Nurse
Topeka, KS
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The role provides care for adult and geriatric patients in a mixed intensive care and cardiovascular intensive care setting. The registered nurse manages complex cardiac patients, including ventilated patients and multiple titratable intravenous infusions, while supporting postoperative cardiac care and critical care procedures.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts, 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; weekend coverage is required.
• Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse with a valid Kansas or compact nursing license; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications required at submission; ability to manage a 2:1 patient ratio, two ventilated patients, multiple titratable intravenous infusions, and complex cardiac care.
• Preferred Qualifications: Two years of intensive care experience preferred; Trauma Level II experience and charting system experience preferred.
• Additional Information:
  • First-time travelers are accepted.
  • Patient population includes adults and geriatric patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress, acute kidney injury, diabetic ketoacidosis, coronary artery bypass graft cases, and ST-elevation or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
  • Clinical responsibilities include ventilator management, continuous renal replacement therapy, arterial line and pulmonary artery catheter monitoring, intra-aortic balloon pump management, Impella support, hypothermia protocols, insulin infusion management, cardiac catheterization care, postoperative cardiac surgery recovery, and vasoactive infusion titration.
  • The unit supports approximately 610 cardiovascular cases per month, including recovery of postoperative patients.
  • No extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or left ventricular assist device cases are indicated.

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