CVPICU – RN

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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

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