Description

American Traveler is hiring a Cardiovascular ICU RN for a 13-week night shift assignment requiring at least 2 years of CVICU experience and WV or compact RN licensure.

Details

• Work in an 18-bed CVICU with mixed acuity Step Down and ICU status patients
• Nurse:patient ratios of 1:1 for fresh hearts and devices, 1:2 for ICU status, and 1:3 for step down status patients
• Patient population includes atrial fibrillation, heart blocks, bradycardia, NSTEMI, STEMI, cardiac arrest, pulmonary embolisms, cardiogenic shock, heart surgery (CABG/valves), heart failure, and thoracic surgery
• Uses EPIC EMR
• 12-hour night shifts with weekends as scheduled every other weekend
• Holiday coverage as needed to fill unit needs
• No call or standby requirement
• Travelers float first, primarily to ACU and ICU, and may float to Med-Surg and Tele with a max of 6 patients
• RNs titrate drips including Cardizem, Cordarone, Cardene, Nitroglycerin, Esmolol, Cleviprex, Milrinone, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Lasix, Bumex, Epinephrine, Levophed, Vasopressin, Insulin, Heparin, Aggrastat, Precedex, Propofol, Versed, and Fentanyl
• 1-2 PCTs per shift support the unit
• Hospitalist/Intensivist and RT coverage in-house 24/7
• Monitor techs watch telemetry off-unit, but RNs address alarms and read their own strips every 4 hours using Philips monitors
• Self-scheduling and block scheduling requests allowed, subject to unit needs during schedule balancing
• Rare potential to work charge on night shift

Requirements

• Active WV or compact RN license required
• BLS and ACLS certification (AHA) required
• Minimum 2 years of CVICU experience required
• Experience with at least 6-hour post-op open heart patients required; fresh open heart experience preferred
• CRRT experience required
• Temporary pacemaker and post-permanent pacer experience required
• Acute MI pre/post cath experience required
• Mediastinal/chest tube experience required
• Ventilator experience required
• Hypothermia protocol experience required
• Arterial line experience required
• IABP/Impella experience preferred
• Hemodynamic monitoring/Swan-Ganz experience preferred
• EPIC EMR experience preferred
• Unexpired driver's license copy required for consideration

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing to cardiovascular and post-surgical cardiac/thoracic patients
• Royal blue scrubs required
• 1-week unit orientation including modules, EPIC training, and orienting with a unit RN
• Must reside within a 50-mile radius of the facility, with no local travelers accepted
• Returning WVU Medicine travelers must have taken a 2-year break before reapplying
• Travelers may not work within WVU Medicine for longer than one year without taking a 2-year break, with cumulative experience applying
• All candidates interview directly with the unit manager