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 facility's 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
HonorVet Technologies: Pioneering Purpose, Empowering Heroes
Founded in 2015, HonorVet Technologies stands as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) , proudly certified by NaVOBA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs . Our mission goes beyond staffing—we are committed to transforming lives by addressing the critical unemployment challenges faced by veterans.
As a Joint Commission-certified clinical staffing agency , we deliver unmatched expertise in placing top-tier healthcare professionals—RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs/CMAs, and NPs—across diverse facilities, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, old-age homes, schools, correctional facilities, and more.
At HonorVet, we don't just fill roles; we bridge gaps, uplift communities, and honor the ones who served.
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