Travel Nurse (RN) - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

You must be able to complete labs within 48 hours of signing.

Required Skills/Experience:

• References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years.
• Required skills include IV starts, telemetry, ventilators, Swan-Ganz catheters, conscious sedation, balloon pumps, and PA lines.
• Hard-stop requirements include hemodynamic monitoring/Swan-Ganz catheter, temporary pacemakers, and chest tubes.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• 2 years of cardiac ICU experience is preferred.
• Teaching hospital experience is preferred.

Required Credentials:

• Education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program.

Special Requests:

• WB and CXS parking permits require annual payment upfront and are not available as monthly permits; WMC parking is available monthly.
• WMC parking provides 24/7 access to the Wexner Medical Center Garage for $224.80/month or $748.58 per 100 days.
• WB parking provides access to the 9th Avenue East/West Garages on weekends and holidays and West Campus WB/WC lots 24/7, with shuttle service, for $196.20/year.
• CXS parking provides access to the 9th Avenue East/West Garages on weekends and holidays and Buckeye CX and West Campus lots 24/7 for $393.96/year.

Unit Details:

• Adult patient population.
• Secondary diagnoses include low cardiac output syndrome, stroke, acute respiratory distress/failure, renal impairment/failure, diabetes mellitus, pulmonary embolus, pneumonia, sepsis, gastrointestinal bleeding, heart failure, and unstable dysrhythmias.
• Post-procedure patients are also cared for.
• Patients include cardiac, vascular, and thoracic ICU populations.
• Cases include CABG, valve repair, TAVR requiring ICU care, structural repairs, heart transplant, lung transplant, VAD implantation, ECMO, aortic repairs, and esophageal repairs.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Night shifts run from 19:00 to 7:30, and day shifts run from 7:00 to 19:30.
• The schedule includes weekdays and some weekends.
• Up to 6 weekend shifts may occur per 4-week schedule period, with Saturday/Sunday for day shift and Friday/Saturday for night shift.
• Holiday coverage is rotating.

Floating Requirements:

• Floating is required within units of equivalent or lower acuity.
• Floating is required in different units within the OSU organization as needed.
• Travelers would not rotate more than once every 4 weeks.

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.

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