Travel CVICU RN - $2,210 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN CVICU for a travel nursing job in Columbus, Ohio.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: CVICU
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/16/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, rotating
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Rotating, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 16, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced Registered Nurse for a Cardiovascular ICU position requiring an OH or compact RN license and prior cardiac ICU experience.

Details

• Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) setting at a heart hospital
• Estimated patient ratios of 1:1-2
• Day (7:00-19:30) and Night (19:00-7:30) shifts available, 3x12 hour schedules
• Weekday schedule with up to 6 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule period (Saturday/Sunday for day shift, Friday/Saturday for night shift)
• Rotating holiday coverage required
• Required to float within units of equivalent or lower acuity level
• Epic EMR used, experience required

Requirements

• Active OH or compact RN license required in hand at time of consideration
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications required, NIHSS preferred
• 2 years of Cardiac ICU experience preferred
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Skills required: IV starts, telemetry, ventilator management, Swan-Ganz monitoring, conscious sedation, balloon pumps, and PA lines
• Experience with CABG, TAVR, valve repair/replacement, and post cardiac surgery patients
• Experience with IABP, CVP monitoring, and epicardial pacing wire care and management
• Experience with arterial line management, central line care, and blood product administration
• Experience managing ventilated patients, including BiPAP/CPAP, suctioning, and ABG interpretation
• Experience titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips
• Cardiac monitoring and dysrhythmia interpretation/management experience
• Education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited nursing program
• 2 professional references required, with at least 1 from a Manager/Director or formal leadership role and the second acceptable from a Charge RN (no coworker references)

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care to complex cardiovascular ICU patients, including pre/post cardiac surgery and cardiac catheterization/intervention cases
• Ohio fingerprinting process must be completed urgently upon signing contract, with candidates either driving to an in-state location or completing a mailed fingerprinting packet
• RTO must be submitted and built into the contract, limited to 7 days or less
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate
• Former employees eligible for a travel assignment once they have been away from the facility for 6 months or more
• Current employees of Ohio State University hospital locations are ineligible to be hired as travelers

American Traveler Job ID #P-767420. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - Cardiovascular ICU

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