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Job ID: 894095
Estimated Weekly Gross: $2,219.32
Job Title
Registered Nurse (RN) – CVICU
Location
Houston, TX | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Nights | 12-Hour Shifts | Onsite
Key Responsibilities
- Provide high-acuity nursing care in a busy CVICU setting with patient ratios of 1:2 and occasionally 1:1, caring for heart and lung transplant recipients, LVAD patients, and patients recovering from coronary artery bypass and valve surgeries
- Titrate vasoactive and other cardiac drips in accordance with patient needs and physician orders
- Operate and monitor advanced cardiac devices including LVAD, CRRT/SLED, Impella, and IABP
- Perform CRRT as required for applicable patient populations
- Collaborate with an intensivist-model care team, respiratory therapy staff assigned to the unit, and PCAs to deliver comprehensive patient care
- Float to other units as needed based on competency and census demands
Required Qualifications
- Active RN license valid for practice in Texas
- Minimum of 3 years of ICU nursing experience, with a strong preference for experience in a high-volume hospital environment
- CRRT training and competency required
- EPIC EMR proficiency required
- Ability to titrate vasoactive drips for cardiac patients
- Flexibility with scheduling based on unit needs, including every-other-weekend (EOW) and holiday availability
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Previous travel nursing experience
- Experience with advanced cardiac devices such as LVAD, Impella, and IABP
- Familiarity with hardwire cardiac monitoring
- Experience in a Level 1 Trauma or large academic medical center environment
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to work in a high-acuity, specialized cardiovascular ICU environment alongside an intensivist-model team with respiratory therapy support available around the clock
- Gain or expand experience with some of the most advanced cardiac devices and complex patient populations in a busy, large-scale facility