Registered Nurse / Intensive Care Unit

Job Summary:
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Registered Nurse (RN) position located in an acute care setting. This role involves providing specialized care to critically ill patients with diagnoses such as strokes, ventriculostomies, and post-craniectomy cases. The position requires adherence to advanced clinical protocols and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

Job Details:

• Schedule: 12-hour days shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Valid Illinois nursing license or confirmation that the application process has been initiated, BLS (American Heart Association), ACLS (American Heart Association); minimum of 1 year of experience as an RN in an ICU setting.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with ventriculostomy, NIH Stroke Scale certification, ventilators, arterial lines, central lines, tPA administration, and acute stroke management.
• Duties: Provide patient care on a neuro intensive care unit with a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:2. Titrate drips as ordered by physicians, troubleshoot ventilators and monitor strips, and collaborate with charge nurses and house supervisors on shift.
• Additional Information: Pre-orientation of 20 hours is required. Nurses may float to other hospital units, including intermediate and general floors, with ratios of 1:3 or 1:4 depending on the unit. The unit employs Phillips monitors and tele/monitor techs are available on every shift.
• Shift Notes: The assignment starts on 09/28/2026 and ends on 01/11/2027.

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.