Certifications required: ACLS, BLS
Patient Age Group: Adults
Staffing Ratio: 1:2
Unit Systems: Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR
Experience: 2 years CVICU experience - not including traveling
Unit accepts first time travelers
Weekend requirements: EO
Float: yes
Patient Diagnosis
Advanced Heart Failure
Multi vessel Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
Pulmonary Hypertension
Valvular Heart Disease
Unit Info
PAH's CVICU is a 42 bed ICU specializing in open heart surgery averaging 6-8 bypass pump surgical cases per day as well as post surgical heart transplants and LVAD. CVICU contract nurse requires immediate post open heart surgical admission experience as well as experience with Swan Ganz catheters, utilizing the manual thermodilution syringe to calculate the Cardiac Index, and epicardial and transvenous pacing wire experience. Common bedside procedures include assisting with the care of patient during bronchoscopies, intubations, tracheostomies, central line insertions, arterial line and swan ganz catheter line insertions.
Holidays
If one major holiday falls in his/her assignment period, the traveler is expected to work it. If two major holidays fall in his/her assignment period, the traveler is expected to work both of the holidays. If three major holidays fall in his/her assignment period, the traveler is expected to work two of the holidays.
Major Holidays Are Listed Below
Memorial Day: Monday, May 27
Independence Day: Thursday, July 4
Labor Day: Monday, September 2
MAX RTO 7 Days
COMPLIANCE: FULL compliance required to start on time; if not compliant in time the push back is 2 weeks due to bi-weekly orientation schedule

• Aya Offer* - Candidate will be sent to Clinical ReviewFacility Name: ***

Unit: ***
Shift:Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:00)
Overtime Multiplier: 48 total hours in 1 week : ***
Double Time Multiplier: None
Charge Nurse: ***
On Call: ***
Call Back: ***
Holiday: ***
Observed Holidays: New Year's Day: Falls Within: 7:00 PM day before - 7:00 AM day after
Labor Day: Falls Within: 7:00 PM day before - 7:00 AM day after
Independence Day: Falls Within: 7:00 PM day before - 7:00 AM day after
Memorial Day: Falls Within: 7:00 PM day before - 7:00 AM day after
Thanksgiving: Falls Within: 7:00 PM day before - 7:00 AM day after
Christmas: Falls Within: 7:00 PM day before - 7:00 AM day after
Holiday Comments: None