Travel Nurse RN - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit in Springfield, OH

Job Title

RN – Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)

Location

Springfield, OH

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Full-Time | Nights | 12-Hour Shifts | Every Other Weekend, Every Other Holiday | Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct and analyze initial and ongoing patient assessments, develop individualized plans of care, implement treatment interventions, and evaluate treatment effectiveness for critically ill cardiothoracic surgical patients.
• Manage critical drips with titration and perform hemodynamic monitoring including Swan-Ganz catheter management for post-operative and complex cardiac patients.
• Provide nursing care associated with life-supporting technology including ventilator management, IABP, Impella, VAD, and CRRT as applicable.
• Recover immediate post-operative CABG and TAVR patients, providing 1:1 care for fresh post-operative cases and 1:2–3 care for more stable patients based on acuity.
• Serve as a point of contact for care coordination across hospital departments and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, including spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics services as needed.
• Deliver patient and family education, advocate for patient safety, and participate in ongoing quality improvement initiatives within the unit.

Required Qualifications

• Current, valid RN license in the state of practice or covered under a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).
• Minimum of 2 years of CVICU experience as a Registered Nurse.
• Current, hands-on experience recovering immediate post-operative CABG and TAVR patients.
• Current experience managing Swan catheters.
• Proficiency charting in EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR).
• Successful completion of an EKG exam (required prior to placement).

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Experience with Impella, VAD, IABP, and/or CRRT devices.
• ACLS certification (required within 6 months of hire if not current); BLS, CCRN, or other advanced cardiac certifications preferred.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Completion of a Critical Care Course.

Why Join Us

• Work in a specialized 8-bed Cardiothoracic Surgical ICU embedded within a larger critical care environment, offering exposure to high-acuity, complex cardiac cases.
• Opportunity to apply advanced critical care skills in a fast-paced, technology-rich setting supporting a diverse adult and geriatric patient population.