CVICU RN
Peoria, IL
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Adult Cardiac Intensive Care Unit RN

Overview

• Location: Peoria, Illinois
• Unit: Adult Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (20 private, monitored beds)
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Days, 12-hour shifts (7a-7p or 7p-7a), 36 hours per week
• Orientation: 12 non-billable hours

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Illinois
• CVICU experience (2 years)
• CVICU experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience with Swan-Ganz catheters
• Experience with central line management
• Experience with arterial lines
• Experience with temporary pacemakers
• Experience with intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)
• Experience with ventilator management

Key Skills

• Fast-paced, high-stress environment; must be able to pick up unit equipment and patient population right away
• Strong assessment, critical thinking, communication, organization, teamwork, and time management
• Ability to follow protocols and orders as written

Patient Population and Equipment

• Patients: Post open-heart surgery (CABG, valves, dissections, AAA, vascular procedures), STEMI, unstable angina, cardiogenic shock, cardiomyopathy, targeted temperature management, transcutaneous and transvenous pacing, severe heart failure, TAVRs, ventilated patients, and COVID overflow. Post-VAD and post-heart-transplant patients are coming soon.
• Specialty equipment: IABPs, Impellas, Swan-Ganz, ECMO, external pacemakers, CRRT
• Lines: PICC, midlines, CVC, Swans, arterial lines (radial and femoral)
• Respiratory equipment: Ventilators, CPAP, BPAP, heated high flow, nitric oxide
• Drips: Dopamine, dobutamine, Levophed, epinephrine, neosynephrine, vasopressin, Cleviprex, propofol, fentanyl, Versed, insulin, heparin, esmolol, and others. Some are set-rate or protocol-based, and others are titrated per order.
• Monitoring: Philips monitoring; RNs read and interpret their own strips, and monitor techs are available.

Staffing and Support

• Ratios: 1:1, 1:2, or 2:1, based on patient acuity
• Charge nurses and house supervisor: Available 24/7; charge nurses may take teams at times
• Patient care techs (PCTs): Ratios of about 1:12-1:15, sometimes higher
• Providers: CV and CCS APNs/PAs for most of the time, with providers on call
• Respiratory therapists: Available 24/7

Schedule and Expectations

• Scheduling: No self-scheduling and no block scheduling
• Weekends: Every other weekend. Day-shift weekends are Saturday and Sunday; night-shift weekends are Friday and Saturday.
• Holidays: Every other holiday
• Floating: May float to every level of care; travelers are expected to take a full team
• Call-off policy: Equivalent of 12 hours every 13 weeks, with no penalty or pay required for the shift
• Dress code: No specific scrub color, but attire must be appropriate (not too tight, not falling off, and clean). Scrubs are not provided.
• Submission requirements: Last four digits of SSN, middle initial, requested time off, and the Illinois license information listed above