Travel Nurse RN - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care in Columbia, SC

Job Title

Registered Nurse – ICU (Cardiac Intensive Care)

Location

Columbia, SC

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Night Shift | 3x12-Hour Shifts (19:00–07:30)

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care to cardiac and medical intensive care patients, including management of advanced cardiac devices such as LVAD, Impella, and IABP
• Monitor and manage patients on ventilators, CRRT, invasive lines, and hemodynamic monitoring equipment
• Interpret and manage dysrhythmias and respond to changes in patient cardiac status
• Care for pre- and post-cardiac catheterization and intervention patients, including sheath removal
• Support post-cardiac surgery patients (not directly from the OR) and step-down overflow as needed
• Maintain a 2:1 patient ratio in a high-acuity ICU environment

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Minimum 1 year of recent experience in a Cardiac ICU setting (CCU, CVICU, or Cardiopulmonary ICU strongly required)
• Current ACLS and BLS certifications
• NIH Stroke Scale certification
• Demonstrated competency in interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Minimum 1 year of recent experience with EPIC EMR

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Hands-on experience with advanced cardiac devices including Impella, IABP, LVAD, and temporary ventricular pacing (TVP)
• Experience with CRRT and management of invasive hemodynamic monitoring
• Background in pre- and post-cardiac surgery patient care

Why Join Us

• Work in a high-acuity cardiac ICU environment with opportunities to utilize and expand advanced critical care skills
• Pre-assignment orientation modules are compensable, with reimbursement available for up to 16 hours of completion time