11.74600 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse / RN

DCH Health Care Authority • Tuscaloosa, AL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for providing cardiac rehabilitation services in compliance with applicable standards of practice. The RN guides individualized interventions to restore functional capacity, reduce coronary heart disease risk factors, and promote behaviors that support healthy living and social independence. The role ensures appropriate and safe patient monitoring and provides immediate emergency intervention, including advanced cardiac life support (ACLS). The RN also assists with pulmonary rehabilitation as needed.

The position includes assessing adult and geriatric patients, collaboratively establishing treatment goals, implementing interventions, monitoring progress, educating patients, and communicating recommendations to primary care physicians. The RN supports patient safety, staff training, policy and procedure development, performance improvement, and efficient supply use. The role requires leadership, sound decision-making, communication, delegation, teamwork, and accountability for departmental and organizational standards.

Work is performed onsite and involves physical activity, potential exposure to bodily fluids, infection, chemicals, hazardous materials, and cleaning solutions, and use of protective equipment as appropriate. The employee must be able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

• Current Alabama RN license in good standing with the Alabama Board of Nursing.
• Associate Degree in Nursing.
• BLS certification required.
• Must obtain ACLS within 6 months of hire.
• Knowledge of cardiac patient care, coronary artery disease risk factors, signs and symptoms of cardiac problems, counseling, and educational programs for cardiac patients and their families.
• Must meet behavioral expectations and demonstrate the ability to work with an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
• Must become familiar with AACVPR guidelines.
• Normal or corrected hearing and vision within normal range.
• Ability to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to stand, walk, kneel, sit, crouch, or stoop with good balance for extended periods and maneuver over varied uneven surfaces.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and move heavier objects with assistance on occasion.
• Ability to tolerate a variety of environments and situations.
• Ability to use common protective or safety equipment as appropriate.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Experience in cardiac rehabilitation with cardiac emergency or critical care.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and establish an atmosphere of excellent customer service.
• Conduct individualized needs assessments considering medical history, current health status, biopsychosocial characteristics, and coronary artery disease risk factors for adult and geriatric patients.
• Establish treatment goals through collaborative planning with patients and responsible staff.
• Implement treatment interventions that promote patient safety, improve function and prognosis, and encourage independent health-behavior management.
• Monitor and assess patients, including vital signs, auscultation as appropriate, cardiac arrhythmia recognition, electrical cardiograph monitoring and simple interpretation, physical assessment, perceived exertion, perceived dyspnea, and other assessments as needed.
• Educate patients on diet and weight management, exercise, mental health, smoking cessation, cardiac health, controlled breathing, disease-specific topics, and other topics as needed.
• Monitor progress, evaluate outcomes, adjust treatment modalities, and provide recommendations to the primary care physician regarding patient progress and discharge status.
• Recognize urgent and emergent situations and take appropriate action, including initiating ACLS and early defibrillation when warranted.
• Assist with training and direction of support staff.
• Assist with policy and procedure development and ensure compliance.
• Participate in economical utilization of supplies.
• Assist with performance improvement activities.
• Perform special projects and related duties as assigned.
• Demonstrate leadership, make decisions that affect others, and take responsibility for achieving outcomes.
• Communicate clearly and accurately, delegate to team members and students, receive delegation, address conflict and stressful situations, and work with varied personalities in groups and face-to-face discussions.
• Use electronic mail, telephone, texting, time-and-attendance software, learning-management software, and the intranet.
• Perform structured and unstructured work and meet time pressures and timelines.
• Advocate for and participate in patient safety; identify and reduce unsafe practices and take appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards.
• Perform low-level disinfection according to manufacturer instructions for use.
• Perform and accurately record technical procedures safely, effectively, efficiently, and within policy scope.
• Meet department goals and DCH values, mission, vision, performance, patient and employee satisfaction, financial, and compliance standards; follow DCH policies and procedures and behavioral standards.
• Perform essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors, and employees.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree