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Job ID: 891250
Estimated Weekly Gross: $2,790.54
Job Title
Registered Nurse – CVPICU
Location
Newark, NJ | Acute Care / Cardiac Pediatric ICU
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Nights | 3×12-Hour Shifts (19:00–07:30) | Onsite | Every other weekend required
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct nursing care to infants, pediatric, and adolescent patients in a 19-bed Cardiac/Pediatric ICU setting, maintaining expected nurse-to-patient ratios based on census and acuity
- Perform advanced IV therapy including port access, blood product administration, central line care, PICC management, and TPN/lipids; perform phlebotomy, urinary catheter management, wound care, and infection control
- Manage respiratory and airway needs including ventilator care, BiPAP/CPAP, HFNC, tracheostomy care, suctioning, ETCO2 monitoring, and assistance with intubation and chest tubes
- Administer and monitor cardiac-specific medications including IV vasopressors, antiarrhythmics, and anti-seizure medications; perform pediatric dosage calculations using the Broselow system
- Care for post-cardiac surgery patients including those with congenital heart defects (ASD, VSD, AV Canal, TOF), Glenn and Fontan procedures, cardiac transplant, valve replacements, and post-cath/ablation; perform hemodynamic monitoring and dysrhythmia interpretation using telemetry and Medtronic pacemakers
- Support specialty procedures including peritoneal dialysis, pre/post hemodialysis, lumbar puncture assistance, VP shunt monitoring, chemotherapy monitoring, and isolation precautions; float to Pediatrics or NICU as needed within scope of skillset
Required Qualifications
- Active NJ or Compact RN license required at time of submission
- Required certifications: BLS, PALS
- Minimum 2 years of PICU critical care experience with at least 1 year of cardiac experience — both must be documented on skills checklist (hard requirement)
- EPIC EMR experience required
- Must be available to work or provide on-call coverage for 1 of 2 or 2 of 3 winter holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s) as determined by unit needs
- Locals are welcome and accepted
Preferred Experience / Skills
- NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification preferred
- Experience with ECMO, nitric oxide therapy, or ventricular assist devices (VAD)
- Prior experience floating to NICU or general Pediatrics within scope of practice
- Previous travel nursing experience (first-time travelers are not accepted for this position)
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to work within one of New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive pediatric critical care environments, featuring the state’s only Cardiac ICU and a wide range of complex subspecialty cases
- Gain exposure to high-acuity cardiac and pediatric cases including congenital heart disease, cardiac transplant, and advanced life support technologies in a well-resourced academic-affiliated setting