Registered Nurse ICU

Job Title

Travel RN – Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), Night Shift

Location

Asheville, North Carolina

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Travel | Nights (6:45 PM – 7:15 AM) | 13-Week Assignment | 36 hours/week | 12-hour shifts | Alternating weekends | Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care in a 16-bed Cardiac ICU with patient ratios of 2:1 or 1:1 (occasionally 3:1 depending on acuity)
• Titrate vesicant medications and manage pressors, sedation, and paralytics
• Operate and monitor advanced equipment including ventilators, IABP, CRRT, Impella, telemetry, Baxter IV pumps, and hypothermia devices
• Perform hemodynamic monitoring including PA catheter setup and interpretation, transvenous pacing, cardioversion, and TEE support
• Assist with and support bedside procedures including central line insertion, chest tube insertion and maintenance, bronchoscopy, EGD, pericardiocentesis, and thoracentesis
• Document all patient care activities accurately using Cerner EMR; float to other areas of the facility per traveler float policy

Required Qualifications

• Active RN licensure (or compact eligibility) in North Carolina
• Minimum 2 years of ICU nursing experience
• Demonstrated experience with titration of vesicant medications, pressors, sedation, and paralytics
• Proficiency with mechanical ventilators and tracheostomy care
• Competency in telemetry interpretation and hemodynamic monitoring including PA catheter setup and interpretation
• Familiarity with Cerner electronic medical records system

Preferred Experience / Skills

• CCRN certification strongly recommended
• Experience with IABP, Impella, and/or CRRT
• Prior travel nursing experience in a cardiac or critical care setting

Why Join Us

• Work within a high-acuity, technology-forward cardiac ICU at a nationally recognized Level II trauma and comprehensive stroke center serving as the region's flagship referral hospital
• Join a facility recognized among the top 1% of hospitals in the nation for clinical quality and holding Magnet® Designation for nursing excellence