Cardiac Rehab Nurse - Outpatient Nuclear Medicine

Lexington Medical Center

22d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for Inpatient or Outpatient Cardiac, Vascular, and/or Pulmonary Rehabilitation patient care and assessment. Maintains daily attendance, post charges on a daily basis, and follow-up on patient non-compliance. Follows-up Inpatient progress through telephone encounters and Outpatient progress to the referring physician through physician progress reports. Directs any symptomatic patient to the attention of the attending physician and the Cardiac, Vascular, and/or Pulmonary Rehabilitation Staff.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Registered Nurse Licensed in the State of SC
• BLS and ACLS Certified
• Basic arrhythmia interpretation skills

Responsibilities

• Maintains daily attendance, post charges on a daily basis, and follow-up on patient non compliance.
• Provides patient care and supervision of patients in outpatient exercise classes.
• Participates in patient educational classes and develops presentations and lectures.
• Maintains needed medical supplies in the Cardiac, Pulmonary, and/or Vascular Rehabilitation gym area.
• Maintains and checks off the Mayday cart and refrigerator log in the rehab area each day of operation.
• Provides Case Management for outpatients while in the program.
• Provides classroom and bedside education for STEMI, Non-STEMI, Elective PCI, CV Surgery, and TAVR inpatients, including pre-op and discharge teaching.
• Provides ambulation for CV Surgery patients.
• Provides education for CV Surgery patient families.
• Facilitates referrals to outpatient Phase II Cardiac Rehab programs.
• Ensure Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed with other compatible waste streams in containers that are properly labeled and closed prior to being shipped offsite for proper disposal.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed