Travel Nurse RN - CVICU - $2,584 per week

Equiliem is seeking a travel nurse RN CVICU for a travel nursing job in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: CVICU
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/28/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Shift: Night (3x12 Hours) 19:00 7:30 

RN- CVICU

REQUIRED LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS
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• License: Active NJ or Compact license required at time of submission

• Required Certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS


REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & CLINICAL SKILLS
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• Experience Required: 2 years of recent CVICU experience. SICU experience may be considered if initial training in a CVICU was completed.

• For Consideration: Applicants MUST have experience with fresh post-op cardiac cases, including CABG, MVR, AVR, and TAVR. Must also have experience with Impella, IABP, and CRRT using PrisMax.

• IV Therapy/Medications: A-lines; Administer Blood Products; Central/PICC lines; Starting IVs; Continuous IV paralytics/Neuromuscular blockade and sedation; Emergency Meds; Procedural Sedation Admin/monitoring; Titrate Cardiac/Vasoactive drips; IV insulin protocols

• Respiratory/Thoracic: Chest Tube Insertion/Removal; BiPAP/CPAP; Vented Patient Care; HFNC; ABGs; Suctioning (ETT, NT); Ventilator Management

• Cardiovascular: CABG; Cardiac Surgery (directly/not directly from the OR); TAVR; Valve Repair/Replacement; Post-Op Open Heart Recovery; Temporary Pacers; FloTrac/Vigileo monitoring; Interpret Dysrhythmias; 12-lead EKG

• Renal/Neurological: Chronic/Acute Renal failure; CVVHD/CRRT; CVA/Acute Stroke; Hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun; Lumbar drains

• General Skills: Multisystem organ dysfunction/failure; Infection Prevention; Isolation Precautions/PPE; Phlebotomy.


SCHEDULING DETAILS AND CHARTING
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• Charting: EPIC experience required

• Weekend Requirement: Every Other Weekend

• RTO, Block & Scheduling Requests: Priority given to submits with a screenshot confirming RTO and schedule requests. No requests will be approved after offer.

• Call Off Policy: Facility is allowed to call off 1 shift per 2 weeks.

• Holiday Requirement: Must work 1 of 2 or 2 of 3 holidays, per unit needs.


UNIT DETAILS AND FLOATING
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• Ratios: 1:1:2+

• Scrubs: Navy Blue

• Floating: Candidates must float within their skillset without exception. Ratios vary based on census, patient acuity and staffing. Will float to all ICUs, PACU ICU holds, ED ICU holds and Cardiac IMC units

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
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RWJUH New Brunswick is a 628-bed academic Level I Trauma Center affiliated with Rutgers University. The CVICU cares for patients requiring cardiac surgery, heart transplantation, ventricular assist devices, TAVR and ECMO. The hospital's Heart, Vascular and Thoracic program was the first in NJ to achieve Comprehensive Cardiac Center accreditation through The Joint Commission and American Heart Association and provides CABG, valve and aortic surgery.

RWJUH New Brunswick is part of RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey's largest integrated healthcare system