PICU Registered Nurse
Norfolk, VA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Norfolk, VA. This position provides high-acuity inpatient care to infants, children, adolescents, and select adult patients with complex congenital cardiac conditions. The role requires strong clinical skills across respiratory, neurological, cardiac, trauma, and postoperative care, including management of advanced therapies and critically ill patients.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; rotating schedule includes every other weekend and holidays.
• Required Qualifications:
  • At least 3 years of pediatric intensive care experience
  • At least 2 prior travel assignments
  • Current flu vaccination during flu season
  • Active professional license and certifications maintained throughout the assignment
  • Credentialing that remains current for the full 13-week assignment
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care in a 31- to 40-bed critical care environment with typical nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:1, 1:2, or 1:3.
  • Patient population includes infants, pediatric patients, adolescents, and adults with congenital cardiac conditions.
  • Common diagnoses include respiratory, neurological, and cardiac conditions.
  • Experience with postoperative neurosurgical care, asthma, trauma, suicidal ideation, status epilepticus, cleft lip and palate, and craniofacial conditions is valued.
  • Clinical responsibilities may include extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), aquapheresis, chest tube care, line placement, procedural sedation, ventilator management, airway support, tracheostomy care, and rapid sequence intubation.
  • Additional care may include blood product administration, cardioversion and defibrillation, dialysis, central venous pressure monitoring, pacemaker management, electrocardiogram interpretation, postoperative open-heart care, rapid transfusions, drains, epidural pumps, intracranial pressure monitoring, feeding tubes, patient-controlled analgesia pumps, central lines, wound vacuums, and other advanced equipment.
  • May administer and titrate critical care medications, including antiarrhythmics, anticoagulants, insulin, vasopressors, inotropes, sedatives, and blood pressure medications.
  • Assignment duration is 13 weeks, beginning 11/30/2026.

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