ICU Registered Nurse
Tacoma, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Tacoma, WA. This travel nursing assignment supports a float pool serving intensive care, progressive care, coronary care, and emergency department holding areas for patients requiring intensive or progressive care. The role involves caring for patients with medical, surgical, cardiac, neuro, and trauma diagnoses while collaborating with interdisciplinary clinical support teams.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week; typical shift times are 7:00 AM7:30 PM and 7:00 PM7:30 AM. Weekend rotation is every other weekend, with no on-call requirement.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 1 year of intensive care unit experience; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; demonstrated proficiency in cardiac rhythm interpretation, ventilator and bilevel positive airway pressure management, invasive line management, ostomy care, drains, tracheostomies, chest tubes, lumbar drains, and intravenous medication titration; electronic medical record experience required.
• Preferred Qualifications: First-time travelers may be considered when they have strong intensive care experience and prior float pool experience.
• Additional Information:
  • Float pool coverage may include neuro, trauma, medical, and cardiac intensive care; coronary care; progressive care; and emergency department holding areas.
  • Patient populations may include individuals with sepsis, pneumonia, diabetic ketoacidosis, delirium tremens, multisystem failure, spinal injuries, post-catheterization needs, respiratory compromise, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, strokes, traumatic brain injuries, spinal surgeries, and post-arrest conditions.
  • Typical patient ratios are 1:2 in intensive care and 1:4 in progressive care and coronary care settings, with emergency department holding ratios based on the level of care.
  • Travelers are not expected to care for fresh postoperative coronary artery bypass graft patients, transcatheter aortic valve replacement patients, external ventricular drains, post-thrombolytic therapy patients, or patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, intra-aortic balloon pump, Impella, or hypothermia protocols.
  • Clinical support includes charge nurse coverage, hospitalist, respiratory therapy, intensivist, cardiology, phlebotomy, and rapid response or code team support.
  • Orientation includes a new-employee orientation day, an intensive care unit orientation shift, and an orientation shift on a comparable unit. A telemetry competency examination is required before arrival.
  • Schedule assignments are provided in three-week increments approximately 710 days before the schedule begins.

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