Registered Nurse - Cardiology w/BONUS - 5215

Vantage Search Group•North Las Vegas, NV

2d•$34 - $56•Onsite

About The Position

We have a new opening for a Registered Nurse - Cardiology at Nellis AFB in North Las Vegas, NV. This role involves collaborating with healthcare professionals to provide optimal patient care, ensuring compliance with standards, and performing various nursing duties within the cardiology, vascular, and pulmonary clinic. The position also supports administrative roles, including educating new nurses and maintaining clinic programs.

Requirements

Possess a Bachelors degree in Nursing from a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
A minimum of 3-years of post-grad relevant experience as a registered nurse.
Current, full, active and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse from any state.
Possess a current AHA OR ARC BLS and ACLS Healthcare Provider certification.
Ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.
Submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with other healthcare professionals in the provision of patient care.
Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Perform physical exams and health assessments.
Provide health promotions, counseling, and education.
Provide individualized patient teaching on preventative healthcare and health maintenance.
Administer medications and assist with cardiac stress tests (exercise stress tests, nuclear stress tests, and stress echocardiograms) and other personalized interventions.
Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and react quickly in emergencies.
Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people to inform the healthcare team of plans/actions, and for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care.
Assist with the coordination of procedural testing such as coronary CTA, cardiac catheterization, cardiac electrophysiology and device procedures, and advanced echocardiographic studies.
Support ambulatory ECG ordering, scheduling, and data/information download into the Cardiovascular Picture Archival Communication System (CVPACS).
Help ensure adequate order reconciliation within the CVPACS.
Perform nursing services identified in the unit.
Assist with patient check-ins, admissions, discharges, and transfers.
Complete intake forms completely and ensure medication history and historical reconciliations are both complete and accurate.
Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes.
Assist with other duties in the cardiology, vascular, and pulmonary clinic as assigned by unit leadership.
Assist with other departments at the direction of the Medical Group or Flight leadership.
Establish and maintain appropriate, professional, interpersonal relationships with co-workers, families, peers, and other team members.
Ensure a safe work environment and employee safe work habits.
Support administrative roles in the clinic.
Educate and train new Cardiopulmonary Clinic nurses.
Assist in maintaining cardiopulmonary clinic programs such as peer reviews, peer expert, Competency Assessment Folders (CAF), etc.