Registered Nurse - Coronary Care ICU

Cooper University Hospital•Camden, NJ

About The Position

The Registered RN is a professional caregiver who, as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame and who supervises and provides care to these patients utilizing the nursing process including the therapeutic use of self. Follows established policies and procedures. Communicates openly with internal customers and supervisors. Provides excellent customer service interfacing well with all levels of staff, management. and physicians. Applies Cooper core values. Other duties as required. The Coronary Care Unit is a 12-bed cardiac intensive care unit. The CCU cares for complex cardiac critical care patients including structural heart (TAVR), pre-cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and other critical cardiac disease processes. The CCU nurses receive specialized training to care for our critical care cardiac patients

Requirements

A minimum of one year or more of acute care experience in an inpatient setting is preferred.
Graduate of NLN-accredited School of Nursing
Current NJ-RN License (Registered Nurse)
Current American Heart Association BLS Certification (Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers)
Certain specialties may require advanced certification (i.e. ACLS, NALS, PALS)

Responsibilities

assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame
supervises and provides care to these patients utilizing the nursing process including the therapeutic use of self
Follows established policies and procedures
Communicates openly with internal customers and supervisors
Provides excellent customer service interfacing well with all levels of staff, management and physicians
Applies Cooper core values
Other duties as required