HonorVet Technologies is seeking a travel nurse RN CVICU for a travel nursing job in Albany, New York.

Job Description Requirements

• Specialty: CVICU
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/15/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Registered Nurse - CVICU

Facility: Albany Medical Center
Location: Albany, New York
Unit: Cardiac/Vascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
Shift: Day Shift, 3x12-Hour (07:00 - 19:30)
Weekends: Every Other Weekend
Contract Duration: 13 weeks

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) Registered Nurse to provide expert care for high-acuity postoperative cardiac and vascular surgery patients. This role requires a clinician with advanced hemodynamic monitoring skills and experience in a Level I trauma center environment. The ideal candidate will be proficient in managing complex critical care patients and thrive in a fast-paced, technologically advanced ICU.

Minimum Requirements Qualifications

• Licensure: Active Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Experience: Minimum of 2-3 years of recent staff CVICU experience. Level I Trauma Center experience is required.
• Technical Skills: Epic electronic medical record system experience is REQUIRED.
• Competency: Must complete a mandatory competency test within 24 hours of submission.
• Travel Policy: No local candidates within the facilitys defined ineligible counties.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide advanced nursing care to immediate postoperative cardiac and vascular surgery patients, including those with coronary artery bypass grafts, valve replacements, and aortic repairs.
• Manage high-acuity patients requiring advanced hemodynamic monitoring (e.g., Swan-Ganz catheters, arterial lines).
• Titrate vasoactive and inotropic drips to maintain precise hemodynamic goals.
• Operate and manage specialized cardiac equipment, including ventilators, temporary pacemakers, and spinal drains.
• Perform continuous ECG interpretation and monitoring, responding promptly to dysrhythmias.
• Collaborate effectively with cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiologists, and a multidisciplinary team to implement individualized plans of care.
• Provide education and emotional support to patients and their families during the critical postoperative period.

Unit Patient Population Details

• Patient Population: Critically ill adults status-post complex cardiac and vascular surgeries, requiring intensive hemodynamic monitoring and support.
• Clinical Focus: Postoperative critical care, advanced hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, dysrhythmia management, and titration of high-risk IV medications.
• Care Environment: Level I Trauma Center with state-of-the-art cardiac monitoring technology and specialized CVICU protocols.
• Typical Conditions: Post-op CABG, valve surgery, aortic dissection repair, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and complex vascular surgeries.
• Technology: Advanced cardiac monitoring systems, ventilators, temporary pacing, intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP), Impella devices, and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).
• Dress Code: Navy blue scrubs required

About HonorVet Technologies

Benefits

• Vision benefits
• License and certification reimbursement
• Continuing Education
• Medical benefits
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Dental benefits
• Guaranteed Hours
• Mileage reimbursement
• Referral bonus
• Bereavement
• Holiday Pay
• Sick pay
• Retention bonus