Registered Nurse - Heart and Vascular

Job Description

Description

JOB SUMMARY Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administers patient care under the direction of a physician.
• Identifies and pursues expected patient outcomes in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team.
• Reports and records the plan for care, nursing care given, and the patients response to that care.
• Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures.
• Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs.
• Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.
• Collaborates with peers in a clinical operations environment, including fostering intra/interdepartmental communication.
• Synthesizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care, including appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs.
• Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.
• Communicates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care using cultural competency and active listening.
• Develops relationships with patients and their families that promote their ability to advocate for patient and family needs.
• Develops clinical and operational excellence in self and in peers through education and training.
• Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all, including the application of standard precautions and principles of infection control.
• Ensures competency in all required skills and completes competency assessment annually per the documented competency checklist.
• Adheres to documented policies and processes as well as performing other related duties as assigned.
• Frequent standing, walking, bending, and reaching.
• Must be able to lift.
• Ability to work onsite and travel in a reliable vehicle between assigned locations with predictable, reliable, and prompt attendance.

Qualifications

• Some units may require Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification prior to performing clinical care.
• Training and certification opportunities will be provided.

Required

• Must be licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina or one of compact states by the day of clinical care.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Preferred

• One (1) year of experience working in a registered nurse role in an acute care/ inpatient hospital setting.