Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Brooklyn, NY

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 11.5hr nights, 34 hours a week, starting December 3, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,033 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,352.81 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Brooklyn, NY - The organization seeks an experienced Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Registered Nurse (RN) to provide care for adult and geriatric patients requiring continuous monitoring, advanced nursing interventions, ventilator support, invasive monitoring, and treatment for complex medical, cardiac, neurological, and surgical conditions. The RN will float between the ICU and PCU while managing changing patient acuity and maintaining a 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 3 years of recent ICU or critical care nursing experience; active and unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license as required; current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; ability to manage 1:2 patient assignments in ICU and PCU settings; proficiency in continuous cardiac, respiratory, and hemodynamic monitoring; mechanical ventilation; tracheostomy care; chest-tube management; invasive-line care; critical-care medication administration and titration; cardiac rhythm and 12-lead EKG interpretation; blood and blood-product administration; and response to clinical deterioration and emergencies.
• Preferred Qualifications: Electronic cardiac monitoring and 12-lead EKG interpretation experience; strong cardiac rhythm interpretation and assessment skills; experience with cardioversion, defibrillation, post-PCI monitoring, vasoactive and cardiac infusions, CRRT and dialysis support, and rapidly evolving clinical conditions; strong communication, prioritization, critical-thinking, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
• Schedule: Night shifts, 11.5 hours per shift, 34.5 hours per week.
• Assignment Dates: 12/03/2026–03/06/2027.
• Additional Information: Provides evidence-based nursing care across ICU and PCU settings, including comprehensive assessments; respiratory, cardiac, neurological, circulatory, and hemodynamic monitoring; ventilator, tracheostomy, chest-tube, vascular-access device, feeding-tube, drain, and wound VAC management; critical-care medication administration; assistance with intubation, procedural sedation, cardioversion, and defibrillation; blood-product administration; patient and family education; interdisciplinary collaboration; accurate clinical documentation; and adherence to infection-prevention, medication-safety, and patient-identification requirements. The RN will transition between ICU and PCU based on staffing needs, patient census, and clinical acuity while working within validated competencies.

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