Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) Contract Nurse
HARD STOP: 2 years CVICU experience - not including traveling & EPIC experience UNIT DETAILS: PAH's CVICU is a 42 bed ICU specializing in open heart surgery averaging 6-8 bypass pump surgical cases per day as well as post surgicalheart transplants and LVAD. CVICU contract nurse requires immediate post open heart surgical admission experience as well as experience with Swan Ganz catheters, utilizing the manual thermodilution syringe to calculate the Cardiac Index & epicardial/transvenous pacing wire experience. Diagnosis include but not limited to - Advanced Heart Failure, Multi vessel Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension & Valvular Heart Disease. Common bedside procedures include assisting with the care of patient during bronchoscopies, intubations, tracheostomies, central line insertions, arterial line and swan ganz catheter line insertions.
WEEKEND: Every Other CALL: None FLOATING: Within facility/scope of practice as needed MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: 2 years (prior to travel) - Unit accepts first time travelers AYA OFFER: Once candidate has signed and confirmation sent, manager has 48H to review the profile/confirmation and determine if unit/schedule/expertise fit. *Aya Offer only available if clinical pass within RTO guidelines + meets specific facility requirements. RTO: MAX 7 days HOLIDAYS: If one major holiday falls in his/her assignment period, the traveler is expected to work it. If two major holidays fall in his/her assignment period, the traveler is expected to work both of the holidays. If three major holidays fall in his/her assignment period, the traveler is expected to work two of the holidays.
