Cardiovascular ICU Registered Nurse
Parkersburg, WV
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Intensive Care Unit Cardiovascular position providing care for critically ill cardiac and cardiothoracic patients in an acute care setting. The role supports patients recovering from open-heart procedures, cardiac events, cardiogenic shock, heart failure, and other complex cardiovascular conditions while requiring advanced monitoring, ventilator management, and medication titration skills.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts are 12 hours, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Weekend coverage is required every other weekend, with holidays scheduled as needed.
• Assignment Dates: 11/16/202602/15/2027.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA); Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA); experience caring for patients more than 6 hours after open-heart surgery; continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) experience; temporary and permanent pacemaker experience; acute myocardial infarction care before and after cardiac catheterization; mediastinal and chest tube management; ventilator experience; hypothermia protocol experience; arterial line experience; and experience titrating cardiac and critical care infusions.
• Preferred Qualifications: Fresh open-heart experience, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) experience, Impella experience, and hemodynamic monitoring with Swan-Ganz catheter experience.
• Additional Information: The 18-bed cardiovascular intensive care unit provides care for mixed-acuity patients with intensive care and step-down status. Typical diagnoses include atrial fibrillation, heart blocks, bradycardia, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, pulmonary embolism, cardiogenic shock, heart failure, coronary artery bypass grafting and valve surgery recovery, and thoracic surgery recovery. Nurse-to-patient ratios range from 1:1 for fresh-heart and device patients to 1:3 for step-down patients. Common therapies include Cardizem, Cordarone, Cardene, nitroglycerin, Esmolol, Cleviprex, Milrinone, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Lasix, Bumex, Epinephrine, Levophed, Vasopressin, Insulin, Heparin, Aggrastat, Precedex, Propofol, Versed, and Fentanyl. Respiratory therapy coverage is available around the clock, and nurses read patient cardiac strips every four hours. Orientation includes one week of modules, training, and unit-based precepting.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits