Cardiac Stepdown RN
Waukesha, WI
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

Registered Nurse - Cardiovascular Stepdown

Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin Employment Type: Travel Contract Length: 13 weeks Start Date: 12/1

Assignment Details

• Unit: HCU (intermediate care unit), 31 beds
• Shift: 12-hour nights, 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM
• Weekend/Holiday Rotation: Every other weekend and holiday rotation
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week. Hours are not guaranteed during orientation week. Set hours are guaranteed except during holidays when the unit is closed.
• On-Call/Call-Back: None
• Float: May float to other facilities in the area based on census, and only within the nurse's clinical skills unless approved by the employee, unit manager, shift advisor, and the staffing agency
• Scrub Colors: Any color

Patient Population

• Heart failure, heart surgery and other thoracic surgeries, pacemaker placements, ablations, TAVRs, cardiac caths, MI, hypertension urgency, sepsis, respiratory failure, strokes, and medical overflow patients
• Nights typically have a 1:4-5 patient ratio

Required Qualifications

• License: WI or Compact RN
• Certifications: AHA BLS, AHA ACLS, NIHSS (to be attached upon submittal)
• Experience: 1 year of cardiac experience and 2+ years of med-surg experience, in short-term acute care hospital settings
• Charting experience within the last 12 months
• Clinical skills: Comfortable with rhythm interpretation and familiar with routine cardiac care for open heart surgical, arrhythmia, chest pain, cardiac procedural, heart failure, and acute MI patients
• Immunization: COVID-19 vaccine, unless a medical or religious exemption applies
• ICU RNs will be considered if comfortable with the patient ratios

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 1 prior travel contract completed