CVICU RN
Great Falls, MT
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

CVICU RN

Location: Great Falls, Montana
Employment Type: Contract
Shift: Night shift
Hours per Week: 36
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Role Summary

Provide care for critically ill cardiac patients in a cardiovascular intensive care setting, including immediate post–open-heart recovery and other higher-acuity cardiac and medical-surgical patients. The role includes direct patient care from admission through discharge, discharge planning, and acting as a clinical leader who assists with precepting staff.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Montana
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• BLS
• ACLS
• PALS
• CVICU (2 years of experience)
• CVICU experience within the last year
• Recent open heart recovery nurse experience
• Recent critical care experience

Preferred Experience

• Critical care experience
• CVICU experience
• Open-heart experience

Clinical Setting

• 10-bed ICU unit
• Hospital with 36 licensed inpatient beds and 10 ICU beds
• Cardiac medical-surgical/progressive care environment

Key Patient Care Areas

• Hemodynamically stable or predictably unstable cardiac patients
• Pre- and post-PCI care
• Pacemaker care
• Revascularization
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Thoracotomy
• CHF, COPD, DKA, renal failure, DVT, PE, sepsis
• General medical and surgical patients

Equipment / Clinical Skills

• Central lines
• Chest tubes
• Nasogastric tubes
• Continuous bladder irrigation
• A-lines
• Multiple IVs and IV pumps
• Noninvasive and invasive ventilatory support
• Basic cardiac telemetry and EKG interpretation