Travel ICU Registered Nurse - $2,240 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Omaha, Nebraska.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 12/07/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary:
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurse in a hospital setting. This role involves providing critical care to adult and pediatric patients, including those with neuro, respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, and surgical conditions. The position requires a compassionate, team-oriented professional capable of working in a fast-paced, tertiary hospital environment.

Job Details:

• Certifications Required: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS; Education Requirements: no specific degree requirement listed; Location Requirements: candidate must be within a 50-mile radius; Experience Requirement: at least 2 years of recent ICU experience; Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, minimum 36 hours per week.
• Responsibilities include managing adult and pediatric patients with complex diagnoses such as neuro surgeries, respiratory failure, sepsis, stroke, cardiogenic shock, and renal failure. RNs will be required to titrate drips such as vasopressors, paralytics, narcotics, sedation, and antiarrhythmics, and interpret telemetry strips.
• Unit notes indicate high volume and a fast-paced environment requiring critical thinking, team collaboration, and excellent communication skills.
• Additional information includes the need for a valid drivers license for verification purposes and the requirement of RTO requests to be made upfront for a maximum of 7 days in total for the 13-week contract.
• Orientation consists of 2 shifts specific to the department.

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 #1337942. 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 / Intensive Care Unit

About Cross Country Nurses

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus