About the position
The Cardiac Rehab Nurse provides primary care services in an outpatient setting, demonstrating collaborative interaction as a member of the interdisciplinary team to achieve patient care goals.
Responsibilities
- Conducts cardiovascular disease risk factor evaluation.
- Develops a cardiovascular risk reduction plan individualized for each patient.
- Provides patient education and counseling in a broad spectrum of health-related areas.
- Guides the patient into a network of social support as needed.
- Assists the patient in developing strategies for behavioral modification.
- Provides exercise prescription and instruction.
- Instructs and leads group educational and exercise sessions.
- Monitors and obtains patient vital signs, telemetry, and symptoms.
- Interacts with other team members to establish a continuum of care for the patient while an inpatient.
- Establishes relationships with other disciplines and facilities to provide for continuum of care as the patient is discharged from the hospital.
- Establishes and provides in-service educational programs on cardiac rehabilitation to nursing staff, physicians, department staff, students, and the community.
- Performs the professional, clinical, and/or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
Requirements
- High School Graduate
- Bachelor Degree in Nursing
- 3 or more years of clinical nurse experience
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA)
- Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) with a current active multistate RN license in good standing in the state of residence or an active single state RN license in good standing in the state of employment
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA)
Nice-to-haves
- Master Degree in Nursing
- Experience in Cardiac Rehabilitation
