ICU Registered Nurse
York, ME
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Maine. The role provides compassionate, professional nursing care to critically ill patients with complex needs, including hemodynamic instability, acute stroke, and mechanical ventilation. Responsibilities include assessment, care planning, implementation, evaluation, interdisciplinary communication, and support during emergency clinical responses.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 48 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Current Registered Nurse licensure in Maine or compact licensure in good standing with the Board of Nursing.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 60 days of hire and maintained throughout the assignment.
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification within one year of hire and maintained throughout the assignment.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
  • One year of Intensive Care Unit nursing experience.
• Additional Information:
  • Provide nursing care efficiently, professionally, compassionately, and safely.
  • Direct the activities of paraprofessional staff involved in patient care.
  • Communicate effectively with patients, support persons, and members of the healthcare team.
  • Apply the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
  • Interpret cardiac and invasive or noninvasive monitoring data, recognize abnormal rhythms and trends, and initiate appropriate interventions.
  • Maintain competency in caring for hemodynamically compromised, acutely ill stroke, mechanically ventilated, chemically paralyzed, and other critically ill patients.
  • Manage complex intravenous therapy, including thrombolytic administration, vasoactive medications, central intravenous catheters, dialysis catheters, and arterial lines.
  • Safely use less-invasive life-support modalities, including bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP), end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2), arterial pressure-based cardiac output and cardiac index monitoring, mixed venous oxygen saturation monitoring, and core temperature monitoring.
  • Monitor patients receiving treatment with EKOS catheters and intra-aortic balloon pumps.
  • Demonstrate competency in responding to in-house codes, rapid response team calls, and stroke calls as required.
  • Follow applicable nursing policies, procedures, and the Maine Nurse Practice Act.

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