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Director of Nursing CVICU (day shift, full-time)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Albuquerque, NM - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 130000 - 150000
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
10 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
7 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
OPEN JOB: Director of Nursing CVICU (day shift full-time)
LOCATION:Albuquerque New Mexico
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BASE SALARY: $130000 to $150000
BONUS ELIGIBLE
IDEAL CANDIDATE:
Responsibilities:
IDEAL CANDIDATE:
CLINICAL REQUIREMENTS
BSN required but:
If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity please respond back and include the following:
Upon receipt one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.
STEPHEN FLEISCHNER
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP INC.
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LOCATION:Albuquerque New Mexico
***RELOCATION PACKAGES OFFERED
BASE SALARY: $130000 to $150000
BONUS ELIGIBLE
IDEAL CANDIDATE:
- Seeking a Nursing Leader with specific Critical Care experience in CVICU
- Join our team as a day shift full-time Coronary Care HH Director of Nursing (RN) in Albuquerque NM.
Responsibilities:
- The nurse director is a professional registered nurse with 24 hour responsibility for assigned departments within established standards to achieve the mission and vision of the organization.
- The nursing director is responsible for overall direction coordination and evaluation of the unit/departments and executes supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable laws.
- The nurse director provides leadership and mentorship in the development of leaders and staff.
- The nurse director is responsible for monitoring and evaluating quality patient satisfaction and employee satisfaction outcomes to implement strategies for improvement.
- The nurse director is a change agent and will establish strong collaborative relationships with physicians. Responsible for overall administrative financial and clinical activities of assigned departments.
IDEAL CANDIDATE:
CLINICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Must beproficient in CVICU nursing.
- Must be able towork at the bedsidewhen needed (staffing coverage).
- ECMOLVADOpen HeartImpellaBalloon Pumps.
- Candidatemust have extensive cardiac background.
- Cannot come from a purely medical ICU without cardiac exposure.
- If strong in CVICU but lacking LVAD experience this may be workable.
- 35 years clinical nursing experience.
- 2 years of managementrequired (e.g. charge nurse nurse manager supervisor).
- Interim charge rolesnot sufficientmust have full-time or formal leadership experience.
BSN required but:
- If they dont have a BSN they must bealready enrolled with a completion date.
- Enrollment just to qualify isnot acceptable.
- Hiring leader isflexibleif candidate is solid and enrolled in BSN program.
- Officially a40-hour work week.
- Leadership roles vary:Sometimes exactly 40 hours sometimes more depending on hospital needs.
- Typicallyweekends off but occasional weekend presence may be needed due to hospital circumstances.
- Directors often adjust early/late to meet withnight shift observe shift changes staff engagement etc.
- Nurse development retention and recruitment.
- Coordination with service lines:CT surgeons interventionalists various procedural service lines.
- Quality oversight:Chart audits staff education quality metrics.
- Meeting-heavy rolenumerous recurring and ad hoc meetings.
- Operational responsibilities:Staffing oversight/ Scheduling/ Timekeeping (charge nurses help but director finalizes/validates)
- No nurse manager in unitall manager-level duties fall to the director.
- Heart Hospital has55 beds total CVICU accounts for16 beds.
- When fully staffed approximately5060 employees all RNs;no techson unit.
- 4 full-time charge nurses working 312s across different shifts.- They handle initial scheduling balance staff assignments and many managerial tasks.
- Charge nurses are typicallynot in staffingbecause of high acuity.
- Highlydedicated engaged teamone of the strongest the leader has worked with in 20 years at Lovelace/Ardent.
- Nurses areself-motivated high-performing push each other.
- Recent metrics:HCAHPS 84%95th percentilein satisfaction / Strong quality outcomes.
- Unique procedural exposurecool procedures cardiac-only population.
- CVICU hasno mixed medical patientsentirely cardiac/vascular.
- Biggest challenge:erratic census fluctuations.- Census may drop to 4 patients staff float surges with CT surgical cases.
- Difficulties managing: Productivity/ Engagement/ Staff satisfaction
- Leader working with intensivists on lowering admission threshold:Accept PCU patients/ Accept some MICU overflow/ Goal is maintaining census of10 patients.
If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity please respond back and include the following:
- MS WORD Resume
- required compensation.
- Contact information.
- Availability
Upon receipt one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.
STEPHEN FLEISCHNER
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP INC.
EMAIL:
LINKEDIN: Experience:
Director
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