Outpatient Registered Nurse, Heart & Vascular (Riverside)
About The Position
The Outpatient Registered Nurse supports the Electrophysiology team in the Heart & Vascular practice, providing comprehensive nursing care to cardiac patients and their families across the health-illness continuum. The role includes case management support and use of clinical expertise for triage and medical decisions. The practice includes 50 providers, and the nurse will travel to outreach clinics. The RN collaborates with the healthcare team and is accountable for nursing practice as defined by the Ohio Board of Nursing. The RN may delegate nursing tasks to licensed practical nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel according to the Ohio Nurse Practice Act. Following department policies and nursing care standards, the RN assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care for assigned patients. The schedule is Monday through Friday, with no weekends or holidays. Shifts may be 8 or 10 hours; the scheduled workweek is 40 hours. The work shift is day.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Nursing.
- Current Registered Nurse license from the State of Ohio and/or a current Registered Nurse license in good standing with a multi-state compact state.
- BLS certification from the American Heart Association.
Responsibilities
- Perform initial, ongoing, and functional health-status assessments as appropriate to the population or individual.
- Document planned nursing interventions based on nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems to achieve outcomes appropriate to patient needs.
- Evaluate and document responses to nursing interventions and achievement of outcomes at appropriate intervals.
- Revise the plan of care based on evaluation data as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Participate in process-improvement activities to achieve targeted clinical-quality, customer-satisfaction, and financial-performance measures.
- Provide case-management support and apply clinical expertise to triage and medical decisions.
- Collaborate with the healthcare team to provide nursing care to patients and families across the health-illness continuum.
- Delegate nursing tasks to LPNs and UAPs according to the Ohio Nurse Practice Act.
- Travel to outreach clinics.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
