Cardiac Thoracic ICU

Job Title: Cardiac Thoracic ICU
Location: Virginia (Chesapeake)
Contract Type: Traveler
Start Date: 06/22/2026
Pay Range: Competitive
Ready for your next big move? Start here. Chesapeake, Virginia, has a strong healthcare presence within the Hampton Roads region, offering opportunities to work in diverse healthcare systems while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The city also provides a high quality of life with a lower cost of living than many metro areas, access to coastal recreation, and a family-friendly community that supports both professional growth and work-life balance.

This role involves monitor advanced life-support equipment, administer medications, and collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to manage complex care plans. This role requires strong critical thinking skills and the ability to respond quickly to life-threatening situations while delivering compassionate patient care.

• 2 years of experience in a CVICU/CTICU
• Flu Vaccine Required - Medical/Religious Exemptions and Declinations Allowed
• BLS, ACLS required via American Heart Association; NIHSS required
• VA OR Compact License in hand at the time of submittal
• EPIC Charting Proficiency Experience Required
• Skills Required:
  
  Arterial line management;
  Blood Product Administration;
  Central line care/management; PICC line management;
  Starting IVs;
  Continuous IV sedation;
  Procedural Sedation Administration;
  Titrate Cardiac drips;
  Titrate Vasoactive drips; strong neuro experience required (post brain surgery, EVD exp/ventriculostomy);
  Flo Trac/Vigileo monitoring, Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, Multi-system organ failure; CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft);
  Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump;
  Impella;
  Post Cardiac Surgery (directly from the OR);
  Post Cardiac Surgery (Not directly from the OR);
  Pre/Post Cardiac Cath/intervention;
  Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring; IV insulin protocols; CVVHD/CRRT; CVA/Acute Stroke management;
  Assist with management of BiPAP, CPAP;
  Care of Ventilated Patient;
  High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC);
  Interpretation of ABGs;
  Suctioning (ETT, NT);
  Ventilator Management;
  Infection Prevention;
  Isolation Precautions/ Use of PPE;
  Surgical Wounds with drains/Wound Vac Skills/Experience Preferred:
  Chemo experience, anticoagulants, Pharmacokinetic Dosing, Renal Dosing
• Skills Preferred:
  Thermoregulation: hypothermia/hyperthermia;
  Chronic/Acute Renal Failure;
  Accessing Ports;
  External ventricular drains (EVD); ICP monitoring
• Special Equipment:
  Hemosphere, Quantum, Accuryn

• Shift: Night 4x12-Hour (7:00 PM - 7:30 AM)
• Float Required
• Weekend Coverage:
  Every Other