RN - CVICU/ Cardio Vascular ICU

First Connect Health • Prescott, AZ

3d

About The Position

The RN works in a 12-bed Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), caring for patients with conditions including acute myocardial infarction (AMI), coronary artery disease (CAD), and peripheral vascular disease (PVD). Patient assignments are typically 1:2 or 1:1 depending on acuity. Nurses titrate drips, read cardiac strips, and may care for patients requiring an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), or fresh open-heart surgery (OHS) patients arriving from the operating room.

The unit has in-house intensivists, a charge nurse and house supervisor available 24/7, and respiratory therapy available in the ICU 24/7. Monitoring is provided by in-room Nihon Kohden monitors; there are no monitor technicians. The position includes 12-hour shifts, weekend and holiday work, call or standby, and floating as needed to ICU, PCU, medical-surgical, or telemetry units at either campus, based on department skill needs. The dress code is navy blue, and unit- or department-specific orientation is provided.

Requirements

• ACLS certification.
• BLS certification.
• Experience with IABP, CRRT, and fresh OHS patients from the operating room.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to CVICU patients, including patients with AMI, CAD, and PVD.
• Care for patients requiring IABP, CRRT, and fresh OHS from the operating room.
• Titrate drips as required.
• Read cardiac strips.
• Work 12-hour shifts and meet the unit's weekend and holiday requirements.
• Fulfill call or standby requirements, up to three call periods per 12 weeks per contract.
• Float as needed to ICU, PCU, medical-surgical, or telemetry units at either campus based on department skill needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed