CVICU RN
Washington, District of Columbia
Medstar Washington Hospital Center

CVRR RN

Location: Washington, District of Columbia Unit: CVICU Specialty: Registered Nurse Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks

Schedule and Assignment Details

• Shifts: 12-hour shifts. Day: 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM. Night: 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM.
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:2
• Unit rooms/beds: 32
• Weekends: Every other weekend, 3 to 5 shifts per contract
• Holidays: As needed
• Rotation: Candidates rotate every 2 to 4 weeks between day and night shifts. Candidates who prefer nights may rotate less often.
• Float requirement: Required to float within ICU and IMC units of equivalent or lower acuity
• Parking: Parking cost applies

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in District of Columbia
• CVICU (2 years of experience)
• CVICU experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Driver's License
• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Titrating cardiac drips
• Titrating vasoactive drips
• Experience with ventilator management
• High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
• Surgical wounds with drains/Wound VAC
• Experience with arterial lines
• Blood product administration
• Experience with central line management
• PICC line management

Skills and Equipment

Required skills:

• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Emergency medications
• Titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips
• Care and management of ventilated patients
• High flow nasal cannula (HFNC)
• Infection prevention and isolation precautions/PPE use
• Phlebotomy
• Surgical wounds with drains and wound VAC

Required IV therapy skills:

• Arterial line management
• Blood product administration
• Central line care and management
• PICC line management
• Continuous IV sedation

Preferred skills:

• Starting IVs
• CVA/acute stroke management
• Lumbar drains

Special equipment: VAD, CMAG, CRRT, Swan-Ganz PA catheters, pacing, IABP, ECMO

Software: Charting in Cerner; medications via Pyxis; communication via SBAR

Facility Highlights

• Short-term acute care teaching hospital
• Top 50 heart and vascular center in the country
• 748 total staffed beds

Onboarding Requirements

• Background and screening: Criminal background check within 90 days of start; sanctions checks (EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG) before start and monthly thereafter; drug screen within 90 days of start
• Health: Annual physical; N95 fit test; TB screening (negative PPD, Quantiferon, or T-spot within 1 year, or the specified process if TB history is positive); annual TB questionnaire; measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B documentation; flu vaccination or approved exemption during flu season
• Competencies: Medication/pharmacology exam (80% or higher); competency exam within 3 years (80% or higher); dysrhythmia/EKG exam (80% overall, 100% on lethal rhythms, updated annually); color blindness test
• Other: Facility orientation modules, skills checklist, employment and reference verification (two positive supervisory references), and badge photo