RN - CVICU

Profession: Nursing

Specialty: Cardiovascular Intensive Care

Duration: 26 weeks

Shift: 12-Hour Nights

Hours per Shift: 36 hours per week

Experience: Minimum 2 years

License: Active RN License

Certifications: ACLS, BLS

Must-Have:

• IABP experience
• CRRT experience
• Fresh OHS from the OR experience

Description:

Unit requires more than two years of experience.

Clinicians must have their own vehicles if traveling as a duo and will not have the same schedule.

Clinicians must take and pass a dysrhythmia exam within two attempts prior to contract signing.

Failure to score 80% in two attempts will result in a six-month DNU status for specific locations.

Candidates must reside more than 50 miles from any associated facility and may not be employed as full-time, part-time, or PRN with any associated facility within the past year.

There are 12 beds in the unit.

Patient-to-nurse ratios are 1:2 or 1:1 based on acuity.

RNs are required to titrate drips.

Common titratable or set-rate drips include Dexmedetomidine, Propofol, Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, Levofed, Insulin, and Cardene.

Charge Nurse/House Supervisor coverage is available 24/7.There are no nurse aides on the unit.

Intensivists are available in-house.

Respiratory Therapists are available 24/7.Available equipment includes vents, Bipap, Cpap, Vapotherm, and HiFlow  monitors are used, and RNs are responsible for reading strips.

Weekend shifts are required; two weekend shifts per pay period are expected, not every other weekend.

Holiday shifts are required.

A call or standby requirement is specified per contract, with a maximum of three calls in a 12-week period.

Floating may be required based on departmental skill needs.

Scrub color is navy blue.

Unit-specific orientation is provided.

Impella experience is desired.

Cerner is used for charting.