Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Merced, CA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting November 9, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,466 a week in all, a taxable rate of $33.30 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurse — Location: Not specified. This role involves providing specialized critical care to patients in the ICU setting, with potential deployment to emergency department areas or general hospital floors. The position emphasizes critical patient management, including ventilator support, sepsis, and post-surgical recovery.

Job Details

• Certifications, Education Requirements, Degree Requirements, Location Requirements, and Years of Experience: ACLS, BLS Certification, NIHSS; minimum of 2 years of relevant experience required.
• Schedule: 12-hour night shifts, 36 hours per week, with two weekends every four weeks and holiday coverage as needed.
• Responsibilities include managing sepsis, DKA hyperglycemia, PN, COPD, PCI cardiac services, CVA, and recovery from surgery in the ICU.
• Must be proficient with ABCDE bundle, ventilator management, and strong IV skills.
• The ICU team includes charge nurses, nurse aides, RT, pharmacy staff, internal medicine hospitalists, and pulmonologists acting as intensivists, available 24/7.
• Experience floating to other hospital units (tele, med-surg) required; floating to floors and units is routine.
• Orientation involves two ICU shifts and one floor shift.
• Unit has 20 ICU beds, operates Cerner electronic charting system, and requires comfortable management of complex diagnoses.
• Additional assignment details: no block scheduling, response time of 30 minutes for deployment, and cancellation policies applicable.
• Must be licensed to submit and work in the specified location.

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