Post-operative cardiac surgery — CABG, valve replacement, transplant — plus balloon pumps, Impella and often ECMO.
Post-operative cardiac surgery — CABG, valve replacement, transplant — plus balloon pumps, Impella and often ECMO.
A fresh heart arrives from theatre and the first four hours are chest tubes, pacing wires, bleeding checks and titrating three or four drips at once. Once the patient stabilises the pace drops sharply. Units running ECMO or Impella add a second layer of monitoring that never quite lets up.
Whether they will be assigned fresh post-op hearts in the first week, device competency expectations, and open-chest protocols.
We put those questions to the facility at intake so you get a straight answer before you commit, not after your first shift.
Fresh post-op heart experience is a genuinely narrow skill set. A general ICU nurse is not a substitute, and submitting one wastes everyone's week. For you, that is leverage — the narrower the skill set, the smaller the pool you are competing against and the better the assignments you get offered.
Travel pays the most and moves you every 8–26 weeks. Local contract gets you contract rates without relocating. Per diem lets you pick up shifts around your own schedule. Permanent when you want to settle, build seniority and stop packing.
We tell you the rate, the unit and the shift pattern before you commit, and we ask permission before every single submittal — you will never find out you were put forward somewhere after the fact. One recruiter handles you from the first call through to your last shift.
Placement is always free to you. Our fee is paid by the facility. Join the network and we will only call you when something genuinely fits.
BLS, ACLS; CCRN preferred; CSC or CMC valued.
1:1 for fresh post-op hearts, 1:2 once stable.
Whether they will be assigned fresh post-op hearts in the first week, device competency expectations, and open-chest protocols.
No. Placement is always free to you — our fee is paid by the facility.
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