Registered Nurse / Intensive Care Unit Medical

Job Summary:
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Medical Nurse located in the Mountainview area of Las Vegas, Nevada. This role involves providing specialized critical care to patients within a 47-bed ICU unit, including Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), Cardiovascular Thoracic (CVT), and Neuroscience beds. The nurse will be responsible for managing ventilators, performing procedures such as intubations and line placements, and titrating vasoactive drips, all while adhering to unit protocols and maintaining high standards of patient care.

Job Details:

• Schedule: Days shift, 12 hours per shift, minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Successful completion of critical care course, current Nevada license, BLS (Basic Life Support), ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support), experience with vents, proficiency in EKGs, familiarity with vasopressor titration.
• Preferred Qualifications: Two years of previous ICU experience, flexible, able to work under stress.
• Additional Information: The unit cares for patients requiring intensive monitoring and procedures such as thoracentesis, paracentesis, and bronchoscopy. It is important for candidates to have high energy, excellent time management, flexibility, and reliability. The unit is a floating area, including IMC and ED, to care for ICU and IMC holds. The dress code is royal blue scrubs, with no hoods. Staffing ratio is usually 2:1 for RN staff. The role involves working every other weekend and occasional on-call duties.

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

Other

As one of the leading suppliers of travel healthcare professionals and a Best of Staffing® Talent Award winner, Cross Country Nurses offers thousands of opportunities for healthcare professionals across the country. We have relationships with more than 2,500 healthcare facilities nationwide and offer excellent compensation and one of the most comprehensive benefits packages in the industry. Have the freedom to decide where you want to work and take your career where you want it to go when you travel with us.