Hunter Recruiting is seeking a local contract nurse RN CVICU for a local contract nursing job in Akron, Ohio.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: CVICU
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 02/01/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Local Contract
CVICU RN - Akron, OH - Nights available
Requirements:
* 2 years CVICU RN experience
* EPIC EMR experience within the last year
* AHA BLS, ACLS required - NIHSS must be obtained during onboarding
Unit information:
This is a 26-bed cardiac open-heart cardiac thoracic vascular unit. RN MUST have 2+ years of open-heart experience. ACLS/BLS/NIH Required. Recent EPIC experience is required and must be provided on resume within the last year. STEMI, NSTEMI, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Emboli (with right strain) and electro physiology patients. Also overflow for the MICU but most of those patients are respiratory failure patients in case they would require ECMO therapy during their stay. We do a mix of open hearts. Some CABG, some valve, some both. CABG is our biggest open heart patient population. We average 1 open heart a day Monday-Friday. We also take some lung surgeries such as lobectomy, wedge resection, and vats on a case-by-case basis. We do something different here than other hospitals which maintain open hearts until discharge and downgrade as their condition improves. Must be independent in obtaining labs and initiating IVs.
CVICU RN - Akron, OH - Nights available Requirements: * 2 years CVICU RN experience * EPIC EMR experience within the last year * AHA BLS, ACLS required - NIHSS must be obtained during onboarding Unit information: This is a 26-bed cardiac open-heart cardiac thoracic vascular unit. RN MUST have 2+ years of open-heart experience. ACLS/BLS/NIH Required. Recent EPIC experience is required and must be provided on resume within the last year. STEMI, NSTEMI, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Emboli (with right strain) and electro physiology patients. Also overflow for the MICU but most of those patients are respiratory failure patients in case they would require ECMO therapy during their stay. We do a mix of open hearts. Some CABG, some valve, some both. CABG is our biggest open heart patient population. We average 1 open heart a day Monday-Friday. We also take some lung surgeries such as lobectomy, wedge resection, and vats on a case-by-case basis. We do something different here than other hospitals which maintain open hearts until discharge and downgrade as their condition improves. Must be independent in obtaining labs and initiating IVs.
About Hunter Recruiting
Founded in 2006, Hunter Recruiting is a national technical staffing leader.
Hunter helps qualified job seekers find employers throughout the United
States. Hunter Recruiting provides job placement for professionals in
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Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
