Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Chandler, AZ

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting December 14, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,079 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,358.92 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) — Nights. This position provides care for critically ill adult patients in surgical, trauma, neurological, medical, and cardiovascular intensive care settings. Responsibilities include managing complex patient conditions, titrating continuous medication infusions, interpreting cardiac rhythms, and supporting patients requiring advanced critical care interventions.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; active nursing license; minimum of 3 years of experience, including at least 2 years in an intensive care setting.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience in cardiovascular intensive care or neurological intensive care; experience in a Level 1 trauma setting or a similarly sized intensive care unit.
• Schedule: Night shifts are 12 hours, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. The schedule includes at least 3 weekend shifts during a 4-week schedule, with weekend nights scheduled Friday and Saturday. Self-scheduling may be available based on unit needs.
• Additional Information: Provides care for trauma, neurological, medical, and cardiovascular patients, including individuals with sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, cerebrovascular accidents, post-thrombolytic therapy conditions, surgical cases, cardiac procedures, and complex critical care needs. The role requires titration of continuous infusions, interpretation of cardiac monitoring strips, and participation in a dysrhythmia examination during the first week of onboarding. A simulation laboratory evaluation is required on the first day of orientation. Orientation is expected to last 1–2 days. No additional call or standby shifts 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