Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Quincy, IL

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting 23 Nov 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,306 a week in all, a taxable rate of $28.86 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) - This acute-care intensive care position provides nursing care for critically ill patients requiring complex monitoring, advanced therapies, and continuous clinical assessment. The role supports patients with cardiac, neurological, trauma, respiratory, and multisystem conditions in a high-acuity setting.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of three 12-hour shifts per week, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Every other weekend is required, with participation in the holiday rotation. Assignment dates are 11/23/2026 through 02/22/2027.
• Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse license required for submission; at least 1 year of intensive care experience; experience in a Level I or Level II Trauma Center; experience in a hospital with more than 300 beds; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS); Basic Life Support (BLS); and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
• Preferred Qualifications: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS); extensive cardiac experience; experience with continuous renal replacement therapy; experience pulling post-cardiac-catheterization sheaths; and experience managing patients in Level II Trauma Centers or higher.
• Additional Information:
• The 16-bed intensive care unit maintains a typical nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:2.
• Patient populations and clinical conditions may include trauma, sepsis, diabetic ketoacidosis, respiratory failure, post-cardiac-catheterization recovery, neurological injuries, spinal injuries, drowning incidents, fractures, motor vehicle accidents, and postoperative recovery.
• Clinical responsibilities may include managing continuous renal replacement therapy, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, targeted temperature management, prone positioning, massive transfusion protocols, external ventricular drains, lumbar drains, 24-hour electroencephalogram monitoring, tracheostomies, chest tube insertion, bronchoscopies, arterial line insertion, and organ recovery procedures.
• Nurses are expected to interpret cardiac rhythms and titrate commonly used intensive care medications, including vasopressors, sedatives, antiarrhythmics, and dexmedetomidine.
• An intensivist or hospitalist, respiratory therapist, and dedicated respiratory equipment are available in the intensive care unit 24 hours a day.
• Initial orientation includes one 12-hour shift on the assigned shift and unit, followed by general orientation, competency validation, and computer-based modules.
• Schedules are prepared six weeks in advance, and block scheduling is not guaranteed.

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