Travel RN - Cardiovascular ICU

Travel RN - Cardiovascular ICU

American Traveler

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Position ID: P-735372

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-10-26

$2,714.08/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Cardiovascular ICU position with prior travel experience preferred and a NM or compact RN license required.

Details

• Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) setting
• Night shift, 4x12 hours (18:30-07:00)
• Option of 36 or 48 hours per week
• Patient ratio of 1:2
• Floating to like units within scope as needed, with brief orientation provided

Requirements

• Active NM or compact RN license required
• BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required in hand at time of consideration
• Minimum 2 years of CVICU experience preferred
• Previous travel experience preferred
• Skilled in IV therapy, arterial line, central line, and PICC line management
• Skilled in blood product administration and starting/maintaining IVs
• Experience with ventilator management, BiPAP/CPAP, HFNC, and ABG interpretation
• Experience assisting with chest tube insertion/removal and suctioning (ETT, NT)
• Experience with CRRT/CVVHD and management of acute/chronic renal failure
• Experience titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips, continuous IV sedation, and procedural sedation monitoring
• Experience with CVA/acute stroke management and hypothermia protocol (Arctic Sun)
• Experience with IABP, post cardiac surgery care, pre/post cardiac cath intervention, Swan Ganz monitoring, sheath removal, and TAVR care
• Experience with LVAD/RVAD management preferred
• Experience with GI surgery care preferred
• Skilled in dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and multisystem organ dysfunction care
• Experience with IV insulin protocols
• Epic charting experience preferred

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing to complex cardiovascular and post-surgical cardiac patients
• Must reside more than 50 miles from the facility to be eligible for consideration
• Former staff must wait one year before returning as a traveler
• No travel pairs or groups accepted
• Limited RTO auto-approval, with no RTO permitted during the first week of orientation