Cardiovascular ICU Registered Nurse
Petoskey, Michigan
McLaren Northern Michigan

Job Opportunity: Temporary Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU (Nights)

Location: Petoskey, Michigan
Specialty: Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiovascular ICU (CVU)

Job Description

• Provide nursing care in the Cardiovascular Unit (CVU), which manages over 4,000 cardiology patients annually.
• Patient care includes post-op open heart surgery (18-24 hours post-op), congestive heart failure, electrophysiology studies, and advanced cardiac procedures such as PTCA, stents, TAVR, MitraClip, and bi-ventricular pacemakers.
• The CVU has received a Silver level Beacon Award and was redesigned by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN).
• The unit participates in national clinical trials through the NISUS research department.
• EMR system used: Cerner
• Dress code: Navy Blue Scrubs

Contract Length

• 8 weeks

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 1+ year of ICU experience (floating experience does not count).
• EKG experience required.
• Must be willing to float to similar units.
• Skills checklist completed within one year of application for RN specialties is required.
• Valid Michigan RN license verification required (LARA and Nursys).
• Strict attendance policy: 3 strikes for absence or tardiness (over 20 minutes late) may result in immediate termination, with exceptions for documented communicable disease or hospitalization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Neuro, CVICU, Trauma units.
• Experience managing ventilators.
• Experience with CRRT and balloon pumps.

Additional Information

• Full-time employees of the health system are not eligible for contract hire within six months of employment.
• Local traveler policy applies for those living within 35 miles of the facility.

Prior Travel Experience

• No explicit prior travel experience required.