RN Cardiac Intensive Care CICU

RN Cardiac Intensive Care CICU

Richmond

Our Client is a 340-bed community hospital offering a full range of healthcare services. We are a Level II Trauma facility, offering specialized vascular surgery, Neurosurgery, a comprehensive certified stroke center, orthopedics and groundbreaking diagnostic imaging.

About Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)

• 12 bed unit.
• Provides a high acuity level of care to a wide variety of cardiac and medical patients at a 2:1 patient to nurse ratio.
• The patient population includes diagnosis such as unstable angina and myocardial infarctions, arrhythmias, acute renal failure, acute respiratory failure, arrhythmias, cardiogenic shock, pneumonia, and sepsis.
• CICU also cares for patients who have undergone cardiothoracic surgery including cardiac bypass, complex valve replacement/repair, and TAVR. CICU consists of patients who require invasive hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, EKOS (PE and extremities) continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), ECMO, IMPELLA, intra-aortic Balloon Pump, and induced hypothermia.

Qualifications:

Required Experience:

• Current Virginia license or license pending results of State Board.

Preferred Experience:

• One year experience in area of clinical expertise of which applying.

Required Education:

• Graduate of accredited School of Nursing with current license as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Virginia or compact license.

Preferred Education:

• BSN degree or currently enrolled in BSN Program.

***ICU experience preferred, will consider strong telemetry experience***

Facility will NOT accept:

• New Grads.
• Candidates with no [short-term] acute care hospital experience.
  

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