Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse – Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Position Overview

Join the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) as a Registered Nurse, delivering high-quality direct patient care in a fast-paced, specialized environment. You'll work with complex cardiac patients requiring advanced monitoring, device management, and critical interventions.

Clinical Scope

The unit manages a population that is 80% post-cardiac-surgery and 20% advanced heart failure patients. You'll provide care for patients recovering from open-heart surgery, heart transplants, LVAD implants, and those requiring advanced support therapies including ECMO, Impella, IABP, CRRT, Swan-Ganz catheter management, and continuous cardiac output monitoring.

Shift & Schedule

• Hours: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
• Contract Duration: 13 weeks
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 per week
• Float Rotation: You may float to MICU, SICU, or cardiac stepdown units as needed

Requirements & Credentials

• Current RN license (verification via Nursys required)
• Demonstrated experience managing advanced cardiac devices: minimum IABP, Impella, and Swan-Ganz catheter management
• EKG competency and ability to interpret cardiac rhythms
• Required onboarding includes facility-specific specialty exam, core competencies, and electronic health record training

Unit Details

Navy scrubs | Standardized charting system

This is a 13-week contract role ideal for experienced critical care nurses seeking meaningful work in a specialty cardiac environment.