Launch your nursing career within the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute (HVTI) - one of the nation's premier destinations for complex cardiac and vascular care. This pathway offers opportunities within both **CVICU and high-acuity Progressive Care (Stepdown)** , allowing new graduate nurses to build a strong clinical foundation caring for some of the sickest cardiac patients outside of critical care.

**About the Role:**
Most new graduate nurses begin in our **high-acuity Progressive Care (Stepdown) units,** working alongside expert nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, and multidisciplinary teams caring for complex cardiac patients, including:

+ Post-open heart surgery patients
+ Heart and lung transplant recipients
+ Ventricular assist device (VAD) patients
+ Medically complex cardiac populations

This is not a traditional stepdown unit. You'll manage **rapidly changing patient conditions, advanced monitoring, and complex drips**...