Travel ICU Registered Nurse - $2,285 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: 08/31/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary:
Intensive Care Unit Nurse position available in Omaha, Nebraska. This role involves providing high-acuity care to critically ill adult and pediatric patients in a fast-paced, Level 1 trauma center ICU. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong critical thinking skills, teamwork, and a positive attitude to excel on this unit.

Job Details:

• Schedule: Days shift, 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Valid driver's license; ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support), BLS (Basic Life Support), and NIHSS (National Institute of Health Stroke Scale) certifications; at least 2 years of experience in ICU.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with trauma patients, intubation, and monitoring complex devices such as CVPs, IABP, Impella, Alines, and Swans; ability to interpret telemonitors.
• Float: Float rotation may be required to inpatient units excluding Maternity/NICU.
• Additional Information:
  • Unit contains 18 beds with patient ratios of 1:1-2 in ICU and 1:4 in PCU.
  • Patients primarily include adults and patients over 15 years old with trauma injuries, sepsis, stroke, ARDS, COPD, cardiac arrest, and related conditions.
  • RNs are required to titrate drips including vasopressors, paralytics, narcotics, sedation, and antiarrhythmics.
  • Shift management includes self-scheduling, managed by the unit manager based on needs.
  • Weekend shifts: 4 per 6-week schedule.
  • Scrub color: Navy Blue.
  • RTO (Request for Time Off) must be submitted upfront for 7 or fewer days; no additional RTOs will be approved.
  • The unit uses EPIC charting system and Draeger heart monitors.
  • Candidates may not be full-time, part-time, or PRN with any facility associated with the organization, including affiliated health systems.
  • This is a 13-week assignment with the possibility of hospital cancellation of up to 4 shifts.

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 #1299025. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 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