Travel ICU Registered Nurse - $1,355 per week
Cross Country Nurses · Athens, TX · 2 mo ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
About the role
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurse in a hospital setting, working night shifts. This role involves providing specialized critical care to adult and geriatric patients, with a focus on managing multisystem organ dysfunction and complex medical conditions.
Responsibilities
- Accessing and managing ports
- Arterial line management
- Assisting with chest tube insertion/removal
- BiPAP/CPAP management
- Blood product administration
- Ventilated patient care
- Central line care/management
- Continuous IV sedation
- Stroke management
- Infection prevention
- ABG interpretation
- Dysrhythmia management
- Isolation precautions
- IV insulin protocols
- Management of multisystem organ failure
- Phlebotomy
- PICC line management
- Pre/post cardiac catheterization
- Procedural sedation
- Pulmonary artery line monitoring
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- Suctioning
- Titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips
- Ventilator management
Requirements
- State or compact license in hand at the time of submittal
- Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
- Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience preferred in critical care settings, with patient ratio experience of 2/3 and charting system proficiency in Epic
- Complete core onboarding within 48 hours of contract signing
- Onsite orientation modules lasting 4-6 hours for nurses
Schedule
- Night shifts, 12-hour shifts
- Minimum 36 hours per week
- Duration: 8 weeks
- Start Date: 09/21/2026
Benefits
- 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