Travel Nurse (RN) - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

• Weekly Guaranteed Hours: 36.

• Weekend Hours: 3 weekends per 6-week schedule block.

• Call Requirements: None.

• Float Requirements: Must be flexible to float where need, could include ICU, MS, Tele & ER.

• Patient Ratios: Intermediate care level patients are 1:3 and critical care are 1:2 or 1:1 depending on acuity.

• Equipment: Impella, Balloon pump and ECMO/Tandem Heart, Ceiling lifts, hoyer lifts, sit to stand lifts, extensive amount of safe-patient handling equipment.

• Patient Population e.g. “geriatric, adult, peds, etc.”: Adult, Geriatric.

• Must Have Skills/Experience: Open heart training preferred.

• Common Diagnosis/Treatment: 8 beds are CICU & 12 beds are Step-Down; CICU: Post-op CABG post-op AVR, MVR, post-op vascular and endovascular surgery, post cardiac interventional service including ECMO, heart failure requiring Impella device support, angioplasty and stent placement. PCU: Includes the above diagnoses plus sepsis, respiratory and multi-system failure, diabetic ketoacidosis, encephalopathy & post-op general surgical patients requiring a higher level of care.

• Scrub Color: Navy Blue