Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Kansas City, Missouri.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/02/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) - Kansas City, MO. This ICU role involves managing trauma patients, post-operative surgical patients, stroke patients, and those requiring ventilator and hemodynamic support in a Level 1 Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center. The position emphasizes advanced skills in ventilator management, hemodynamic monitoring, chest tube care, and cardiac rhythm identification.
Job Details
- Schedule: Nights, 12-hour shifts, minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Certification and Education Requirements: ACLS, BLS, NIH Stroke Scale (preferred but not required).
- Experience: 2 years of ICU experience required, with a minimum of 0 years of experience necessary.
- Responsibilities: Management of trauma and post-op surgical patients, ventilator and hemodynamic support, chest tube care, stroke patient management, procedural skills including chest tube placement, ventriculostomy, CRRT, therapeutic hypothermia, ECMO, arterial and central line placement.
- Certifications Required: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS.
- Dress Code: Navy or black scrub bottoms and navy, white, or black scrub tops and jackets; solid colors only.
- Additional Information: Unit staffed for optimal patient care with specialized equipment, including documentation systems, and a focus on patient experience and safety.
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
Cross Country Job ID #1325801. 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