Registered Nurse, RN - Cardiac Intermediate
Charlotte, North Carolina
Posted Sep 10
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Role
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- RN
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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
- Local household income
- $82,068/yr
- Metro price level
- 3% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
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.
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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- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?