Travel Nurse RN - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit in Baltimore, MD

Job Title

Registered Nurse – CVICU

Location

Baltimore, MD

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | 13 Weeks | Nights, 3x12 Hours (19:00–07:30) | Every Other Weekend Required | Holidays Required as Scheduled

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care in a cardiovascular/cardiac intensive care unit setting, managing adults and geriatric patients with a 1:1 ratio, up to 1:3 with stable, lower-acuity patients
• Care for patients presenting with diagnoses including cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, MI, pulmonary hypertension, and hypertensive urgency/emergency
• Support advanced therapy workups and mechanical circulatory support, including LVAD, heart transplant evaluations, IABP, and Impella management
• Assist with and monitor bedside procedures including central line and arterial line insertions, bronchoscopy, chest tube insertion, Swan/PA catheter insertion, targeted temperature management, and CRRT
• Operate and monitor specialized equipment including Impella, VAD, IABP, CRRT, ventilators, cooling devices, and CCO monitors
• Float within specialty and to lower-acuity areas as needed per unit requirements

Required Qualifications

• Active RN license in Maryland or a valid Compact license at time of submission
• Minimum 2 years of CVICU or CICU experience required; first-time travelers with strong, demonstrated CVICU experience will be considered
• BLS certification – American Heart Association only
• ACLS certification – American Heart Association only
• CPI certification – Calm Every Storm online version is the only acceptable online vendor
• NIH Stroke Scale certification required

Preferred Experience / Skills

• CCRN certification preferred
• Experience with mechanical circulatory support devices (Impella, IABP, VAD) and CRRT in a high-acuity cardiac critical care environment

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work in a specialized, high-acuity CVICU environment managing complex cardiac diagnoses and advanced mechanical support therapies
• 13-week contract with potential for extension in a well-established cardiovascular critical care unit