
CVICU | Registered Nurse
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Towson, MD
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Sep 19, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $65.28
- Weekly
- $2,350
- Yearly (full-time)
- $122,200
- Start date
- 10/05/2026
This job pays about $65.28/hour — 36% above the median for Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Maryland ($47.98/hour). The total includes tax-free housing and meal stipends, which staff jobs don't pay, so take-home pay is usually higher than the hourly figure suggests.
Estimated from the weekly pay in the listing, 36 hours a week; yearly = 52 weeks. Median wage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Maryland right now
- 482 open Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in Maryland from 6 agencies, 14 of them in Towson.
- Pay in these listings: $16.67 – $99.33/hour, median $55.34/hour.
- Typical Registered Nurse (RN) pay in Maryland: $47.98/hour ($99,798/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: Health Advocates Network ($65.28/hour across 93 jobs).
Job description
CVICU RN Travel Nurse Job – Night Shift in Towson, Maryland
CVICU travel nurse needed in Towson, Maryland for a high-acuity Cardiovascular ICU assignment near Baltimore. Towson, located in the 21204 area, offers a convenient suburban setting with easy access to the Baltimore metro area and a welcoming community feel. Bring your cardiac critical care expertise and join a multidisciplinary team caring for complex post–open heart patients in a fast-paced hospital setting.
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) with strong Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) experience and immediate post–open heart care skills. This travel nursing job is ideal for a critical care nurse who thrives in high-acuity environments and delivers exceptional care to adult and geriatric cardiac patients.
Job Details
- Specialty: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
- Employment Type: Travel Nursing
- Location: Towson, Maryland
- Start Date: 10/05/2026
- Contract Length: 13 weeks
- Shift: 3x12-hour nights, 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM
- Hours per Week: 36
- Orientation: 24 hours
- Float: May float to MSICU as needed
- Weekends: Every third weekend required
- Holidays: Required as scheduled
- On-Call: 24–36 hours on a rotating schedule
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,290–$2,410
Job Requirements
- Active Maryland RN license or Compact RN license at time of submission
- Minimum 2 years of CVICU nursing experience required
- Immediate open-heart post-op experience required
- Direct experience caring for post-operative cardiac surgery patients
- Epic charting experience required
- Current ACLS, BLS, CPI, and NIHSS certifications required
- OCN and TNCC preferred
- Comfortable caring for adult and geriatric patients in a critical care setting
- Ability to work nights, weekends, holidays, and on-call shifts as scheduled
Responsibilities
- Provide expert nursing care for CVICU patients with complex and rapidly changing conditions
- Manage immediate post-op open heart patients, including CABG, MVR, and AVR cases
- Care for high-acuity cardiac patients with hemodynamic instability, cardiogenic shock, STEMI/NSTEMI, and structural heart conditions
- Support patients requiring inotropic infusions, vasoactive drips, IABP, Impella, ECMO, and CRRT
- Monitor and interpret invasive lines, hemodynamic values, dysrhythmias, and ABGs
- Collaborate with physicians, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, and other members of the critical care team
- Float within scope to support related intensive care needs
- Maintain accurate documentation in Epic and follow unit protocols, safety standards, and patient care best practices
Apply now to join a rewarding Maryland travel nursing opportunity in a top cardiovascular ICU. Start your next CVICU RN assignment in Towson today!
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.
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