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Registered Nurse, RN - Cardiac Intermediate

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Novant Health

Charlotte, North Carolina

Posted Sep 10

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About this role

What We Offer

Join a Team with Heart

Step into a unit where teamwork, dialogue, and positive culture thrive. Our Cardiac Intermediate Unit serves as a step-down between CVICU and Telemetry , specializing in the care of patients recovering from open-heart and vascular surgeries, complex cardiac procedures, and advanced cardiovascular conditions. Nurses in this environment deliver high-acuity care with the support and collaboration of a strong multidisciplinary team—making it an ideal place for nurses who want to build advanced skills in a progressive care setting.

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What makes this unit stand out

  • A true step-down specialty unit —high acuity, but with strong resources and team support
  • Growth opportunities—many of our clinical nurses grow and join critical care units
  • 24/7 leadership support, including weekends
  • Rapid Response team always available for backup
  • A diverse, energetic team that values advanced skills, critical thinking, and positivity

If you’re ready to advance your career in cardiovascular nursing—gaining the skills of a Critical Care nurse with the support of an intermediate care setting—this is the place to be.

What We're Looking For

Education

4 Year / Bachelors Degree, preferred.

  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required. If your RN nursing license has been inactive, retired or lapsed for five years or more and you have not been licensed in another state during the last five years, successful completion of a Board approved refresher course is required prior to reactivating or reinstating your license. In order to be considered for current licensure status, you must apply for reinstatement within one year of completing the refresher course.

Experience

One year relevant experience, preferred.

  • Licensure/certification/registration: Current RN licensure in appropriate state, required.

What You'll Do

You’ll gain hands-on experience with

  • Managing and titrating drips such as Precedex, neosynephrine, and Levophed
  • Caring for patients immediately following open-heart and vascular surgeries
  • Monitoring telemetry and supporting post-operative cardiac recovery
  • Managing complex heart and vascular cases requiring specialized interventions

Managing complex oxygenation requirements

  • Collaborating closely with intensivists, cardiologists, and surgical teams

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Requirements

  • Nursing
  • Telemetry
  • Surgery
  • Weekends as needed
  • RN License
  • PCU
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  • Monitoring and managing IVs
  • Working with individuals in post-surgery recovery

Place

City
Charlotte, North Carolina
Median rent
$1,612/mo

rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024

Local household income
$82,068/yr

all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024

Metro price level
3% below the national average

Charlotte area index 97.3, where 100 is the national average.

Charlotte blends Southern charm with big-city energy, anchored by a bustling Uptown core and leafy enclaves like Plaza Midwood. Home to major healthcare systems including Atrium Health, it offers growing opportunities for nurses in a metro that keeps expanding without losing its laid-back Carolina character.

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Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.

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On your path

Cardiac is a specialty you move into. Start on tele or stepdown; cath lab and CVICU usually come later.

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