Cardiovascular Progressive Care Unit

Overview

Johns Hopkins Intrastaff is the internal staffing agency for the Johns Hopkins Health System and partner hospitals, providing temporary support to a variety of the Johns Hopkins locations. Our employees are the strength of our service.  Intrastaff is unique because it is one of the very few agencies where a person has the benefit of being a temporary employee and feel like a member of a large organization. Working at Hopkins means joining a culturally diverse team that includes some of the best nurses, physicians and allied health professionals in the world. Directly or indirectly, you will have exposure to cutting-edge technology and groundbreaking medical research.

Responsibilities

Facilitating and coordinating care by providing evidence-based care based on the nursing process, policies, procedures, and protocols of the Johns Hopkins Health System.

Providing direction to/management of other team members to promote quality, safety, and excellence in care.

Working collaboratively with, and providing leadership for, a multidisciplinary health care team to support program initiatives that support quality, safety, and excellence in care.

Participating in promoting improvement initiatives (clinical, financial, operational) that supports, protects and promotes area of specialty. 

Implementing initiatives in area of specialty as directed by nursing and medical leadership.

Fostering a clinical environment of service excellence.

The CVPCU is the stepdown unit for post cardiac surgery patients. 

CVPCU is a fast-paced surgical stepdown unit made up of a multidisciplinary team who primarily cares for patients recovering from cardiac and vascular surgeries.

Looking for RNs with experience taking care of patients who are 1+ days out from CABG, valve repairs and valve replacements, very heavy cardiovascular post-op stepdown.

These clinicians specialize in caring for patients with mechanical circulatory support devices like LVADs, as well as patients recovering from heart and lung transplants.

12 of the 32 beds are available for IMC monitoring and the other 20 are for telemetry or non-monitored levels of care.

13 week assignments, PM available, $65/hr

Qualifications

Must have:     

• Current registered nurse license in the state of Maryland, or licensed in a compact state
• Current CPR and ACLS certifications 
• 2 years of recent open cardiac open-heart experience, at least 2 previous travel assignments; strong IMC experience, EPIC  

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.