Travel Nurse RN - CVICU
Indianapolis, IN
First Connect Health
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

🔥 HIGH-PAYING 48-HOUR NIGHT-SHIFT PEDIATRIC CVICU RN CONTRACT – INDIANAPOLIS, IN

An urgent 13-week travel contract opening is available for an experienced Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (Peds CVICU) Registered Nurse (RN) in Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County). Operating within a state-of-the-art, dedicated 8-bed Pediatric Cardiac ICU interconnected with a 14-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at an acclaimed regional children's hospital campus, this premier role features a dependable 48-hour overnight schedule (19:00 PM – 07:30 AM / 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM, four 12-hour shifts guaranteed weekly with built-in overtime). TOP-TIER 48-HOUR NIGHT PACKAGE ($2,996/WEEK)! EXCEPTIONAL TAX-FREE STIPEND ($1,540/WK)! BUILT-IN OVERTIME COMPENSATION! HIGH-ACUITY CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY PROGRAM! LATE NOVEMBER / ASAP START! Collaborating closely with pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons, pediatric cardiac intensivists, perfusionists, and advanced practice providers, the CVICU nursing team delivers intensive pre-operative optimization and complex post-operative critical care for neonates, infants, and pediatric patients with congenital and acquired heart defects. If you are an acute pediatric cardiac critical care nurse skilled in invasive pediatric hemodynamics, open-chest management, vasoactive titrations, mechanical ventilation, and rapid bedside stabilization looking to earn $2,996/week in Indiana, this assignment is built for you!

💰 PRE-CALCULATED PAY PACKAGE (48-Hour Week)

• Weekly Gross: $2,996.00
• Weekly Tax-Free Stipend: $1,540.00
• Hourly W2 Regular Rate: $28.00/hr (40 regular hours)
• Hourly W2 Overtime Rate: $42.00/hr (8 weekly OT hours included)
• (Local clinicians accepted at an adjusted local bill structure).

📅 SHIFT & POSITION DETAILS

• Schedule: Night shifts, 4x12-Hours (19:00 PM – 07:30 AM / 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM). Note: Core requisition requires availability for 36 hours minimum, with 48 hours structured for this top-earning overtime package; scheduling flexibility needed to align with active cardiac surgical cases.
• Guaranteed Hours: 48 hours guaranteed weekly (40 regular hours + 8 overtime hours).
• Assignment Duration: 13 Weeks (November 30, 2026 – February 28, 2027; ASAP start available).
• On-Call Requirements: Standby on-call participation is required to support urgent cardiac cases and surgical emergencies.
• Weekend & Holiday Coverage: Every other weekend rotation; standard rotational holiday coverage.
• Department Setting & Capacity: Specialized 8-bed Pediatric CVICU connected to a 14-bed PICU within a premier regional pediatric medical center (Dept: Critical Care - Pediatric ICU 001 / 20270).
• Floating Scope: Subject to float as clinically appropriate to like pediatric critical care and inpatient units, including PICU, General Pediatrics, and Level IV NICU.
• Clinical Scope & Specialty Care:
  • Direct critical care nursing for neonates, infants, and pediatric patients undergoing complex congenital heart surgery and interventional cardiac catheterizations.
  • Specialized post-operative management of congenital repairs: ASD/VSD closures, Tetralogy of Fallot repairs, arterial switch operations (TGA), coarctation repairs, Norwood/Glenn/Fontan single-ventricle palliation stages, and truncus arteriosus repairs.
  • Management of open-chest sternotomies, mediastinal/pleural chest drainage systems, transthoracic intracardiac lines (LA, RA, PA catheters), and arterial lines.
  • Complex invasive hemodynamic monitoring, core-to-peripheral temperature gradients, SvO2 tracking, and cardiac output optimization.
  • Rapid titration of weight-based neonatal and pediatric continuous infusions: inotropes (milrinone, epinephrine, dopamine), vasopressors, prostaglandins (PGE), vasodilators, and sedation/paralytic infusions.
  • Pediatric mechanical ventilator management, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), and inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) delivery.
  • Immediate recognition and management of low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS), junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET), lethal pediatric dysrhythmias, and cardiac arrest resuscitation adhering to PALS guidelines.
• EMR System: Inpatient electronic health record.

🚨 REQUISITE QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUBMISSION

• Experience: Minimum 1–2 years of dedicated acute care inpatient Pediatric CVICU or high-acuity pediatric cardiac critical care RN clinical experience.
• Licensure: Active Indiana RN License or Compact/NLC Multistate License strictly in hand at submittal (with active Nursys report).
• Certifications Required at Submittal (Must all be active and attached):
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) — American Heart Association (AHA) only.
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) — AHA only.
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) — AHA only.
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP or NRP Advanced) — AAP/AHA.
  • NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification.

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