Experienced Clinical Nurse - Coronary Care Unit Full-time Nights Sign-On Bonus Available

📋 Description

• • Step into a high-impact, night-shift role on our Coronary Care Unit (CCU) where your seasoned expertise directly safeguards the hearts—and lives—of Chicago’s most critically ill cardiac patients. You will be the calm, decisive presence at 2 a.m. when a STEMI rolls in, orchestrating rapid reperfusion, titrating vasoactive drips, and interpreting 12-lead ECGs in real time.
• • Own a 3–4 patient assignment that spans post-cath PCI, acute MI, cardiogenic shock, and post-surgical CABG/valve cases. Your advanced assessment skills will catch the subtle 2 mm ST-elevation change or the creeping lactate that signals impending cardiogenic shock, triggering evidence-based interventions before decompensation.
• • Drive protocol-driven excellence by initiating and managing continuous drips (nitro, dopamine, dobutamine, nicardipine, eptifibatide) and titrating to hemodynamic targets using arterial lines, Swan-Ganz catheters, and non-invasive cardiac output monitors. You will document every micro-change in our Epic flowsheet, ensuring seamless hand-offs and regulatory compliance.
• • Be the code-blue team leader during nocturnal emergencies: run the crash cart, place transvenous pacer wires, and coordinate with the on-call interventional cardiologist for emergent cath-lab activation. Your ACLS mastery and assertive communication keep the team synchronized when seconds count.
• • Champion evidence-based quality improvement. You will audit central-line bundles, lead huddles on reducing CAUTI, and present monthly data to the Night-Shift Practice Council. Your insights have already helped drop CCU CLABSI rates by 18 %—and we’re counting on you to push further.
• • Mentor new-grad and transfer nurses through structured preceptorships and bedside teaching. You will validate competencies in sheath removal, IABP timing, and LVAD troubleshooting, cultivating the next generation of cardiac critical-care experts.
• • Serve as the night-shift liaison to cardiology, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, and case management. You will reconcile anticoagulation at 03:30, expedite morning discharge planning, and ensure every patient is optimized before the day team arrives.
• • Leverage cutting-edge technology: Philips IntelliVue monitors, Zoll defibrillators, Impella consoles, and tele-ICU cameras. You will troubleshoot alarms, update firmware, and pilot new AI-driven early-warning algorithms before hospital-wide rollout.
• • Enjoy the autonomy of nights while remaining tightly connected to our Magnet-recognized culture. You will participate in shared governance, contribute to policy rewrites, and attend quarterly virtual town halls with CNO leadership—even from your remote charting station.
• • Receive a lucrative sign-on bonus paid in two installments—half at 90 days, half at 12 months—plus night-shift differential and weekend premiums that elevate your total compensation well above market median for CCU nurses in the Chicago metro.
• • Work 7 p.m.–7 a.m., three shifts per week, with self-scheduling flexibility and a dedicated night educator who ensures your continuing-education hours never expire. Optional four-week block scheduling is available for work-life harmony.
• • Join a 24-bed tertiary CCU that is expanding to 32 beds next year, giving you first access to charge-nurse and clinical-ladder advancement. Your leadership aspirations are supported by tuition reimbursement for MSN or CCRN review courses.