Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 12/14/2026
- Duration: 18 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit. This travel position supports multiple intensive care units, including trauma, oncology, cardiac and vascular, neurology, medicine, and COVID care. The role requires an experienced, independent clinician who can provide critical care and float to inpatient units when needed.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week; every other weekend or six weekend shifts per six-week schedule, plus holiday rotation.
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) experience.
- Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit experience required; specific Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit experience is not required.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
- Experience caring for adults and geriatric patients.
- Experience with ventilated patients, intravenous starts, telemetry, conscious sedation, arterial line management, central line care, blood product administration, dysrhythmia management, cardiac and vasoactive drips, and isolation precautions.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Chemotherapy administration experience.
- Continuous renal replacement therapy experience.
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation experience.
- Intracranial pressure monitoring, Impella, intra-aortic balloon pump, pulmonary artery line, or Swan-Ganz monitoring experience.
- Level I trauma, triage, or charge experience.
- Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certifications.
- Additional Information:
- Floating may include trauma, oncology, cardiac and vascular, neurology, medicine, and COVID intensive care units.
- When intensive care census is low, the clinician may float to noncritical care inpatient units or serve as a patient sitter.
- Inpatient floor assignments maintain a maximum ratio of 1:3; intensive care assignments maintain a 2:1 ratio.
- The role supports medical, neurological, surgical, trauma, oncology, cardiac, vascular, and COVID patient populations.
- Experience with electronic health record charting is strongly preferred.
- Adolescents are rare but may include patients ages 1618 who are adult-sized and adult-weight.
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
Posted Date: 2026-10-23
Cross Country Job ID #1324849. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse / Intensive Care Unit
About Cross Country Nurses
You care for others — we’re here to care for you. At Cross Country, we know travel nursing is about more than just the job. It’s about building a career that supports your lifestyle, your values, and your impact. We offer competitive pay, full benefits, and 24/7 support from a team that truly understands what it means to be on the front lines. Wherever your journey takes you, we’re with you every step of the way. Let’s build your best life — one assignment at a time.
Benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Referral bonus