Travel Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit - Denver, CO

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

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,130 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,409.63 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit nursing position featuring night shifts in an acute care setting. The role provides critical care for patients with respiratory, cardiac, neurological, trauma, medical, and postoperative needs. Responsibilities include managing complex patients, titrating medications, interpreting cardiac monitoring, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary care team.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse with at least 2 years of critical care experience; current Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; ability to perform 12-lead electrocardiograms, titrate vasopressors, inotropes, sedatives, analgesics, and metabolic medications, and demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, and effective teamwork.
• Preferred Qualifications: One year of trauma or surgical critical care experience and one year of neurocritical care experience.
• Schedule: Night shifts of 12 hours, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Weekend participation is required, including six weekend shifts per six-week schedule based on staffing needs.
• Additional Information: Provides care for patients with respiratory distress, renal failure, postoperative surgical needs, cardiac and cardiac surgical conditions, stroke, neurological conditions, trauma, orthopedic conditions, and medical intensive care needs. The role includes reading cardiac rhythms, managing ventilated patients and other respiratory support equipment, and collaborating with in-house intensivists and respiratory therapists. Self-scheduling is available, and the role may require coverage across intensive care and lower-acuity units.

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