Travel Pediatric Cardiac ICU RN - $2,290 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN Pediatrics CVICU for a travel nursing job in Tacoma, Washington.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Pediatrics CVICU
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/30/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) position providing care for predominantly pediatric cardiac intensive care patients, including postoperative congenital heart cases, medical cardiac conditions, respiratory diagnoses, and surgical patients. The role requires strong critical-thinking, time-management, and clinical skills in a high-acuity intensive care setting.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) experience, including at least 1 year of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications; experience with cardiac patients, aseptic and sterile technique, dressing changes, ventilator and tracheostomy management, suctioning, gastrostomy/gastrojejunostomy/jejunostomy tube management, nasogastric tubes, chest tubes, epidural and patient-controlled analgesia pumps, infusion management, urinary catheter insertion and management, central-line care and blood draws, peripheral laboratory draws, and patient discharges.
• Preferred Qualifications: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), PrisMax, and EPIC experience.
• Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week; shift time is 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.; every-other-weekend rotation.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: Provides care for mixed pediatric intensive care and pediatric cardiac intensive care patients with neuro, cardiac, respiratory, surgical, and medical conditions. Patient populations may include congenital heart defects, postoperative cardiac and thoracic cases, cardiac catheterization recovery, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, post-cardiac arrest patients, respiratory cases requiring high-flow therapy or noninvasive ventilation, tracheostomy patients, trauma cases, appendectomies, gastrostomy procedures, ear, nose, and throat procedures, fresh tracheostomies, bowel obstructions, orthopedic injuries, ventriculoperitoneal shunts, and selected oncology patients. ECMO specialists manage ECMO equipment. CRRT care may be provided by clinicians with prior CRRT and PrisMax experience. On-call shifts are not required; low-census standby may result in being called in for a later portion of the shift. Solid-color, professional scrub attire is required.

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 #1325702. 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 / Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

About Cross Country Nurses

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus