Travel ICU Registered Nurse - $2,180 per week
Cross Country Nurses · Portsmouth, NH · 2 days ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
Job Summary
The ICU (Intensive Care Unit) nursing position is located in a 25-bed ICU unit within a hospital in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The role involves providing specialized critical care to a diverse patient population, utilizing advanced equipment and technology, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. This assignment offers an opportunity to work in a level 2 trauma center with a comprehensive stroke center designation.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialized critical care to a diverse patient population in a 25-bed ICU unit
- Utilize advanced equipment and technology including GE monitors, Hamilton bipaps and hi-flows, Puritan ventilators, and Hemospheres
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including around-the-clock mid-levels, trauma surgeons, and respiratory therapists
- Conduct bedside shift reports at each shift change with updated MyCare boards
- Participate in rotating float rotation, with the first floating rotation assigned to travelers
- Work without unit secretaries or PCTs
Required Qualifications
- Valid ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) certification
- Valid BLS (Basic Life Support) certification
- Three years of ICU experience
- Strong telemetry skills
- Experience titrating vasoactive and inotropic medications
- Chest tube experience
- Past ICU experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Open heart experience
- Temporary pacing experience
- Swan-Ganz catheter experience
- Procedures such as intubation, central line, and arterial line placement
Schedule
- Night shifts, 12 hours per shift
- Minimum of 36 hours per week
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Start Date: 08/17/2026
- Rotating float rotation
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