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CVICU Registered Nurse (RN) Travel Contract – Baltimore, Maryland

Explore a rewarding CVICU travel nurse job in Baltimore, Maryland, caring for complex cardiac and critical-care patients on a high-acuity cardiovascular intensive care team. Baltimore offers a vibrant waterfront setting, historic neighborhoods, diverse cultural experiences, and convenient access to the broader Mid-Atlantic region. This travel RN opportunity offers experience with advanced cardiovascular support technologies, interdisciplinary collaboration, and dynamic critical-care nursing.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Position: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse (CVICU RN)
• Location: Baltimore, Maryland
• Contract: Approximately 14 weeks, beginning December 7, 2026, with potential for extension
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,020–$2,130
• Schedule: 36 hours per week; rotating 12-hour shifts
• Shift Times: Days, 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.; nights, 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m.
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Call: Not required
• Floating: Required within scope and based on unit needs, including ICU stepdown and other appropriate areas
• Patient Ratios: ICU stepdown assignments may be 1:4; ICU patients awaiting transfer may be assigned at a 1:3 ratio
• Charting: Cerner experience preferred
• Orientation: Approximately 40 hours

CVICU Travel RN Job Requirements

• Active Maryland or compact-state Registered Nurse license required at submission
• At least 3 years of professional RN experience, including a minimum of 2 years of staff CVICU experience
• Strong cardiovascular intensive care and medical ICU experience
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications
• Completion of a 16-hour Maryland-approved trauma course
• Advanced EKG assessment completion required
• CALS certification preferred
• Demonstrated expertise with advanced cardiovascular and critical-care equipment, including Impella, intra-aortic balloon pump, pulmonary artery/Swan-Ganz lines, CRRT/CVVHD, mechanical ventilation, and epicardial pacing wires
• Experience managing post-cardiac surgery, CABG, cardiac catheterization and intervention, valve procedures, dysrhythmias, multisystem organ dysfunction, and vasoactive medication infusions

CVICU Travel Nurse Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to high-acuity CVICU patients and mixed ICU overflow patients
• Assess, monitor, and manage patients before and after cardiac surgery, including CABG and valve repair or replacement
• Manage patients receiving Impella support, intra-aortic balloon pump therapy, CRRT/CVVHD, mechanical ventilation, and advanced hemodynamic monitoring
• Interpret 12-lead EKGs, arterial blood gases, and cardiac rhythms; identify and respond to clinical changes
• Titrate cardiac, vasoactive, sedative, paralytic, insulin, and emergency medication infusions according to clinical protocols
• Provide care for patients with central lines, arterial lines, PICCs, chest tubes, epicardial pacing wires, and pulmonary artery/Swan-Ganz catheters
• Manage respiratory support, including ventilators, BiPAP/CPAP, high-flow nasal cannula, airway suctioning, and related interventions
• Administer blood products and provide safe IV therapy, medication administration, and infection-prevention practices
• Collaborate with physicians, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, radiology, rehabilitation, rapid response, and other members of the interdisciplinary team
• Float to appropriate units, including ICU stepdown and other areas as needed, while practicing within scope and adapting to unit-specific patient assignments
• Complete required documentation, education, competency assessments, and unit-based safety activities

Apply now for this CVICU Registered Nurse travel contract in Baltimore, Maryland, and advance your critical-care nursing experience in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Benefits

401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.