Travel ICU Registered Nurse - $2,640 per week

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

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/17/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit. This position provides care for critically ill trauma, neurological, and stroke patients in a fast-paced acute care setting. The role requires experience with intracranial pressure monitoring, ventriculostomies, ventilated patients, and titration of vasopressor and sedation infusions.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 2 years of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) experience
  • Trauma experience, including care of neurotrauma, stroke, and head-injury patients
  • Experience with intracranial pressure monitoring and ventriculostomies; experience caring for post-tissue plasminogen activator patients may be considered when this experience is unavailable
  • Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), and COVID-19 vaccination certification
  • Active professional nursing license required for submission
• Preferred Qualifications: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification and previous travel nursing experience
• Schedule: 12-hour day shifts, 36 hours per week, with every other weekend required
• Additional Information: The unit cares for trauma, neurological, and stroke patients and requires nurses to titrate vasopressor and sedation infusions, interpret cardiac rhythm strips, and work with ventilators. A proctored dysrhythmia examination is required onsite on the first day and is graded pass/fail. Unit orientation is one day, with additional orientation provided if needed. The role requires adaptability, collaboration, and comfort working in a fast-paced environment.

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 #1340848. 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