Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit Neurological - Charleston, SC

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 16, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,834 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,113.68 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit Neurological, North Charleston, SC. The Registered Nurse provides critical care to complex neurological and cardiovascular patients, including those requiring ventilator management, advanced hemodynamic monitoring, continuous renal replacement therapy, and specialized neurological procedures. The position supports a collaborative intensive care environment with opportunities to develop expertise in neurological and cardiovascular intensive care.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of three 12-hour shifts per week, totaling 36 hours per week; every other weekend and rotating holidays are required.
• Required Qualifications:
• Registered Nurse with at least 36 months of experience, including a minimum of 12 months in an intensive care unit.
• Required certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS).
• Ability to care for one to three intensive care patients, including patients requiring ventilator management.
• Proficiency in reading telemetry strips and performing phlebotomy and breathing treatments, including inhalers and nebulizers.
• Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), advanced certifications, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification, prior travel nursing experience, and experience in a setting using Meditech.
• Additional Information: The role involves caring for patients following coronary artery bypass grafting, as well as patients with Impella devices, intra-aortic balloon pumps, Swan-Ganz catheters, advanced hemodynamic monitoring, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, external ventricular drains, intracranial pressure monitors, and induced hypothermia. Bedside shift report is performed during every transfer of care. Opportunities are available to train in neurological intensive care, cardiovascular intensive care, and head and neck flap procedures. Navy uniforms are 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